Dear Colleagues,
The detailed minutes of Emergency Flood Coordination Meeting held on 13th August 2019 at World Vision India Office Premises, New Delhi can be accessed at https://sphereindiablog.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/13-08-2019-minutes-of-emergency-coordination-meeting-held-at-world-vision-india-office-new-delhi.pdf for your necessary actions.
Key decisions
· Sphere India will coordinate production of harmonized assessment report compiled from collation of organization assessment reports for Maharashtra and Karnataka.
· All organizations undertaking assessment should share their assessment reports to Sphere India at the earliest possible but definitely by 15th Aug 2019 morning 9:00 AM to Mr. Kennedy at ken...@sphereindia.org.in . The interests is also invited from member’s expert’s staff to be part of the team to write the harmonized compiled assessment report.
· Organizations sharing their assessment reports and contributing through their expert staff for report writing will be duly acknowledged in the final report.
· The situation with update and some assessment information received by 15th Aug evening to take a decision if JRNA is required. In the meantime, the interests is invited from members to nominate their staff to be part of report writing team to The nominated staffs who is interest to be part of reporting team can be share to Mr. Kennedy at kenn...@sphereindia.org.in at earliest by 14th Aug 2019.
· The next Skype meeting emergency coordination meeting can be scheduled for 3-4:30 PM on 15th August 2019 for next review and decisions on Unified Response once the harmonized assessment report is consolidated.
In Solidarity!
Saikhom Kennedy
Manager : Inter Agency Coordination
Sphere India
Sphere India Secretariat
C/O Plan India | 1, Community Centre, Zamrudpur| Kailash Colony Extension, New Delhi – 110048
M: +91-8285221559 | Skype: saikhomkennedy | W: www.sphereindia.org.in
Collaborating to Strengthen the Quality and Accountability of Humanitarian actions in India.
Sphere India is a National Coalition of Humanitarian Agencies in India. The members include key nodal agencies from Govt. of India, UN Agencies, INGOs, NGO Networks and National NGOs. Sphere India facilitates Inter Agency Coordination, Training and Capacity Building, Collaborative Advocacy and Information Knowledge and Learning Management through a collaborative process for Quality & Accountability.
For specific information on emergency, please join Spher...@googlegroups.com | ‘Sphere India in Emergency’ Blog: https://sphereindiablog.wordpress.com/
From: kennedy [mailto:ken...@sphereindia.org.in]
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2019 3:42 PM
Subject: EMERGENCY COORDINATION MEETING ON CURRENT FLOOD SITUATION IN INDIA SCHEDULE ON 13TH AUG 2019 AT WORLD VISION INDIA, OFFICE PREMISES, NEW DELHI ( 3-4:30PM)
Dear Colleagues,
In view of the current flood situation in India, Emergency Flood Coordination Meeting is schedule on 13th August 2019 at World Vision India Office Premises, New Delhi from 3-4:30 PM. Kindly note the venue and agenda of the meeting as follows
Date: 13th August 2019 Time: 3-4:30 PM
Venue: 4th Floor – Conference Hall, World Vision India Office, CNI Bhavan
16, Pandit Pant Marg, Pandit Pant Marg Area, Sansad Marg Area, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India
Agenda:
· Situation update from different states
· URS Matrix’s update on who is working where and what
· Consolidating emergency database
· Decision on activation of URS on different states of India.
Please do confirm your participation at earliest to ken...@sphereindia.org.in
If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Saikhom Kennedy at ken...@Sphereindia.org.in (M: +91 - 8285221559)
In Solidarity,
Saikhom Kennedy
Manager : Inter Agency Coordination
Sphere India
Sphere India Secretariat
C/O Plan India | 1, Community Centre, Zamrudpur| Kailash Colony Extension, New Delhi – 110048
M: +91-8285221559 | Skype: saikhomkennedy | W: www.sphereindia.org.in
Collaborating to Strengthen the Quality and Accountability of Humanitarian actions in India.
Sphere India is a National Coalition of Humanitarian Agencies in India. The members include key nodal agencies from Govt. of India, UN Agencies, INGOs, NGO Networks and National NGOs. Sphere India facilitates Inter Agency Coordination, Training and Capacity Building, Collaborative Advocacy and Information Knowledge and Learning Management through a collaborative process for Quality & Accountability.
For specific information on emergency, please join Spher...@googlegroups.com | ‘Sphere India in Emergency’ Blog: https://sphereindiablog.wordpress.com/
From: kennedy [mailto:ken...@sphereindia.org.in]
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2019 9:37 PM
Subject: MINUTES OF 3RD INTER AGENCY COORDINATION (IAC) COMMITTEE MEETING SKYPE CALL AND MINUTES OF STATE LEVEL EMERGENCY COORDINATION MEETING ON FLOOD SITUATION IN INDIA AS ON 11 AUG 2019
Dear Colleagues,
Please find the attached meeting minutes of IAC Committee meetings Skype call held at national level on 10th August 2019 and state level IAGs flood emergency coordination meetings held on 9-10th August 2019 through the below pasted links for your kind information.
1. National level IAC Call
· Minutes of 3rd Inter Agency Coordination Committee Meeting Skype Call held on 9th August 2019 can be accessed at 09.08.2019 Minutes of IAC Skype Call Meeting on Flood Situation in India
2. States and districts level IAGs flood emergency coordination meetings minutes can be accessed at below pasted links
Kerala Flood -2019
o IAG Alappuzha Flood Emergency Coordination Meeting 10-08-2019
o Minutes of IAG Wayanad Flood & Landslides Emergency Coordination Meeting10082019
o Minute_of Emergency IAG Meeting -Idukki
The URS Matrix's on Resource Mapping and Planning for Kerala flood 2019 is activated as per the decision taken by Kerala Inter Agency Group (IAG) flood emergency coordination meeting held on 10. August 2019 at Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, Trivandrum.
Requesting to fill the attached URS matrix with all information and share back to us at vijeesh.g...@gmail.com / ken...@sphereindia.org.in or in the below-pasted link at earliest by/before 12th August 2019.
The updated information will be cross share among humanitarian agencies responding /planning to respond in Kerala to avoid duplication and build a common understanding among different stakeholders, for an organized and coordinated response for greater outreach to affected people.
Sphere India has shared a link to the following spreadsheet:

Or https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15qfs47CprRhmVuqaX1XTWKRRydZPdax5x9DkyUh1t3A/edit?usp=sharing
Karnataka Flood - 2019
o Minute_of CSO’s NGO’s, Local Groups Coordination Meeting Minutes Belagavi Flood 2019 -Karnataka
Assam Flood – 2019
The URS tool for emergency response coordination for current wave of floods in Assam is activated by State IAG- Assam . Below is the link to the URS Matrix. Requesting all members to provide updates on all the three sheets - Response, HR and JRNA.
If you face any difficulty in entering information in the sheets, please contact Geeta Mazumdar, Chairperson, IAG Assam at geeta.m...@crs.org
IAG Assam has shared a link to the following spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/172BLgOGhZzXWcMBOZgS4XxBKIisThgs_c7jaYoxbb5Y/edit?usp=sharing
In Solidarity!
Saikhom Kennedy
Manager : Inter Agency Coordination
Sphere India
Sphere India Secretariat
C/O Plan India | 1, Community Centre, Zamrudpur| Kailash Colony Extension, New Delhi – 110048
M: +91-8285221559 | Skype: saikhomkennedy | W: www.sphereindia.org.in
Collaborating to Strengthen the Quality and Accountability of Humanitarian actions in India.
Sphere India is a National Coalition of Humanitarian Agencies in India. The members include key nodal agencies from Govt. of India, UN Agencies, INGOs, NGO Networks and National NGOs. Sphere India facilitates Inter Agency Coordination, Training and Capacity Building, Collaborative Advocacy and Information Knowledge and Learning Management through a collaborative process for Quality & Accountability.
For specific information on emergency, please join Spher...@googlegroups.com | ‘Sphere India in Emergency’ Blog: https://sphereindiablog.wordpress.com/
From: kennedy [mailto:ken...@sphereindia.org.in]
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2019 1:27 AM
Subject: FLOOD SITUATION REPORTS IN INDIA AS ON 10 AUG 2019
Dear Colleagues,
Monsoon rains have wreaked havoc in Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam, Odisha and eastern part of India. The flood like situation in Bihar, Gujarat has showed sign of improvement as rain stopped. But, the situation has worsen in Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka. The humanitarian agencies in the respective state is closely working with the government.
The Flood Situation Reports in India as on 10th August 2019 is available at the “Sphere India in Emergency –Blog” accessed at https://sphereindiablog.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/flood-situation-reports-in-india-20-as-on-10th-aug-2019-1.pdf
In Solidarity
Saikhom Kennedy
Manager : Inter Agency Coordination
Sphere India
Sphere India Secretariat
C/O Plan India | 1, Community Centre, Zamrudpur| Kailash Colony Extension, New Delhi – 110048
M: +91-8285221559 | Skype: saikhomkennedy | W: www.sphereindia.org.in
Collaborating to Strengthen the Quality and Accountability of Humanitarian actions in India.
Sphere India is a National Coalition of Humanitarian Agencies in India. The members include key nodal agencies from Govt. of India, UN Agencies, INGOs, NGO Networks and National NGOs. Sphere India facilitates Inter Agency Coordination, Training and Capacity Building, Collaborative Advocacy and Information Knowledge and Learning Management through a collaborative process for Quality & Accountability.
For specific information on emergency, please join Spher...@googlegroups.com | ‘Sphere India in Emergency’ Blog: https://sphereindiablog.wordpress.com/
From: kennedy [mailto:ken...@sphereindia.org.in]
Sent: Friday, August 9, 2019 11:13 PM
Subject: FLOOD SITUATION IN KERALA AS ON 9TH AUGUST 2019 AND IAG EMERGENCY COORDINATION MEETING AT STATE & DISTRICTS LEVELS
Dear Colleagues,
This is to inform you that seeing the current flood like situation due to heavy rainfall in Kerala state, IAGs Emergency Coordination Meetings in coordination with respective District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) at state level is schedule as follows:
1. STATE IAG EMERGENCY COORDINATION MEETING IS SCHDULE ON 10th AUG 2019 (TOMMROW) - 2. 30 PM
Kindly note the venue details as below
Date: 10th August 2019 Time : 2:30 PM onward
Venue: KSDMA, Observatory Hills, Vikas Bhavan P.O, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - 695033
T: 9746649929 , -0471 2331345, 0471-2331645,
If you require any further information , Please do not hesitate to contact my colleague Mr. Vijeesh P at vijeesh.g...@gmail.com ( M: +91 - 9746649929)
2. IAG ALAPPUZHA EMERGENCY COORDINATION MEETING IS SCHDULE ON 10th AUG 2019 (TOMMROW) – 11 AM
Kindly note the venue details as below
Date: 10th August 2019 Time : 11AM onward
Venue: District Collector’s chamber, DDMA, Civil station, Alappuzha-688001
Control room no. 0477- 2238630, TOLL FREE NO: 1077 FAX NO. 0477 - 2236831
If you require any further information, Please do not hesitate to contact my colleague Mr. SinoJ PX, IAG District Coordinator at sinoj...@gmail.com ( M: +91 - 9567033635)
3. IAG IDUKKI EMERGENCY COORDINATION MEETING IS SCHDULE ON 10th AUG 2019 (TOMMROW) – 1:30 PM
Kindly note the venue details as below
Date: 10th August 2019 Time : 1:30 PM onward
Venue: District Emergency Operations Centre (DEOC), Collectorate, Kuyilimala P. O., Painavu, dukki, Kerala, INDIA
Phone: 04862 233111 Fax: 04862 233130
If you require any further information, Please do not hesitate to contact my colleague Mr. Amith Ramanan, IAG District Coordinator at amithr...@gmail.com ( M: +91 - 9745040138)
4. IAG WAYANAD EMERGENCY COORDINATION MEETING IS SCHDULE ON 10th AUG 2019 (TOMMROW) – 11:00 AM onward
Kindly note the venue details as below
Date: 10th August 2019 Time : 11:00 AM onward
Venue: District Collectorate,Civil Station, Kairali Nagar, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala 673122
Phone : 04936-204151, 8078409770
If you require any further information , Please do not hesitate to contact my colleague Mr. Praveen S, IAG District Coordinator at pra...@sphereindia.org.in ( M: +91 8779430093)
FLOOD SITUATION IN KERALA AS ON 9TH AUGUST 2019
A. Current situation:
The flood situation has worsen in northern and middle part of Kerala. Red alert in 9 Districts, red alert will continue till tomorrow in 7 districts ( Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malapuram, Wayandu, Kannur, Kasaragod and Idukki) . Water levels in most of the rivers and dams across the state have risen flooding nearby areas. Major rivers like Manimala, Meenachal, Moovattupuzha, Chaliyar, Valapattanam, Iruvazjinjpuzha and Pamba are have risen. 26 people were killed and over around 22, 000 people are in the 320 relief camps with around 6000 families.
Massive landslide occurred in Wayanad district. As many as 40 people are suspected to be trapped under the debris of landslide . Three were rescued. 24 landslides reported so far from Wayanad, Idukki and Malapuram. Idukki cut off from the rest of Kerala, all roads to Idukki blocked due to landslide.
B. Government Response:
· Three teams of NDRF have been deployed in Wayanad, Malapuram and Idukki districts. State requested 10 more team.
· 12 district administration has ordered closure of all schools in tomorrow
· On 08 August Chief Minister held conference with senior officials of different government departments to review the flood situation and directed them to remain fully alert and be prepared to tackle the situation promptly and effectively.
· The chief minister's office has directed district collectors to evacuate people from danger-prone areas
· District administration, Idukki has advised commuters to avoid travelling through the district.
· 3 teams of NDRF and SDRF have been deployed to carry out relief and rescue operations in the affected districts.
· The authority has warned against fishing in the sea and travelling to landslide-prone areas and hilly regions. The warnings forwarded to Police, Fire and Rescue Fisheries Department, DD Panchayath, District Information Officer, Executive engineer dam safety, Taluk Tahsildars, DTPC, SEOC,KSEB
· 24 Hours emergency control room has started functioning in all district Collectorate ,Regularly monitored by District Collector and Deputy Collector (DM)
· Cochin International Airport is closed till Sunday – 3PM.
Source: Media and IAGs WhatsApp Group
In Solidarity!
Saikhom Kennedy
Manager : Inter Agency Coordination
Sphere India
Sphere India Secretariat
C/O Plan India | 1, Community Centre, Zamrudpur| Kailash Colony Extension, New Delhi – 110048
M: +91-8285221559 | Skype: saikhomkennedy | W: www.sphereindia.org.in
Collaborating to Strengthen the Quality and Accountability of Humanitarian actions in India.
Sphere India is a National Coalition of Humanitarian Agencies in India. The members include key nodal agencies from Govt. of India, UN Agencies, INGOs, NGO Networks and National NGOs. Sphere India facilitates Inter Agency Coordination, Training and Capacity Building, Collaborative Advocacy and Information Knowledge and Learning Management through a collaborative process for Quality & Accountability.
For specific information on emergency, please join Spher...@googlegroups.com | ‘Sphere India in Emergency’ Blog: https://sphereindiablog.wordpress.com/
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