Orissa witnessing severe flood devastation

Lakhs Marooned
Orissa Flood 2008 on 18th September 2008Mahanadi and its branch rivers have forced into the deltaic region creating havoc sweeping most of the villages along its basin taking into its grip about 2 millions of people. Nearly 20 lakh people in 4000 villages of 17 districts are facing this fury. About 4 lakh people are marooned in Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Puri and Khorda districts. According to sources about 200 blocks have been affected out of 314 blocks of Orissa. The villages are submerged with the rushing water by breaching the embankments. There are about 31 breaches through which the water is rushing into the village and fields sweeping away houses, livestock and grains. Till now as sources say, about 20 dead, 1.8 lakh people evacuated, 31 breaches of embankments and 55 roads cut off as has been on report. It could be many fold more and will come to report as the water recedes.

The situation is worsening
The water level in the river has stopped rising but still flowing above the danger level and pushing water into the villages through the breaches with threat at several places on the embankments. The administration and army are struggling to control the situation by rescuing people with support from local people. People in most of the places have spent sleepless nights and without food. Situation will become worse the as the water goes down because of contaminated food, need of drinking water and clothes.

Immediate relief measures needed
· Cooked food and Free Kitchen
· Baby food
· Purification and Chlorination of water
· Distribution of Clothes
· Candle, Kerosene and Match Boxes
· Polythene and tarpaulin sheets
· Livestock feed
· Medicines

Our operation
We have started with Free Kitchen, Baby food distribution and distribution of clothes with the support from the community people.

Area of operation
The operation has started from Baranga Block of Cuttack district, which is one of the worst hit areas. Gradually we will move into the inaccessible and cut off areas towards Mundali and Banki as our volunteer pool grows, logistics arrive with the active support from well wishers. The relief operation will start shortly at Niali, Kantapara & Nischintakoili block of Cuttack district. Subsequently Derabish & Kendrapada block of Kendrapara district and Begunia and Khurda Block of Khurda district are also targeted for intervention. The preference of operation site is given to the area, which usually does not affected by flood. This unprepared ness has resulted more vulnerability situation of the affected mass.

APPEAL
We appeal all persons, corporate houses, Civil Society Organizations and Individuals of noble intension to come forward in all ways possible to share the responsibility of relief, rescue and rehabilitation in this time of emergency arising due the natural disaster.

All contributions in form of cheque and bank drafts should be in favour of ‘Aaina’ and payable at Bhubaneswar. All donations are exempted under section 80 G of Income Tax Act. Aaina is society registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860 and Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.

Contact Us
Relief Coordination Office
Aaina
N6/298, IRC Village
Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar
PIN-751015
Ph-0674 2550100
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Email- aaina50@gmail.com , sadhana.india@gmail.com