FW: Emergency Inter-Agency Meeting at Care India, Hyderabad Office, Khairatabad, Hyderabad on Kurnool & Mahabubnagar Floods

[Vik]

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

Please find below the contacts and coordination information.

 

Contact Details for Agencies in AP:

 

Mr. Raghavan, Care India, 9989053636

Mr. David George, World Vision, 09177701334

Dr. Kiran Kumar, EMRI (108), 09949051273

Dr. PV Prakash Goud, Indian Red Cross, 09949055524

Mr. Praveen, Aid et Action, 04023316128

Mr. Ranganathan, Save the Children BRB, 09490427941

Mr. Anwar, Oxfam India, 09849094238

Mr. Sanjay, UNICEF, 09866647909

Ms. Suhasini, Care India, Hyderabad, 9849760171

 

 

The subject meeting could not take place as scheduled on 03 october.  Some of the agencies who have met earlier for  setting up the IAG AP will be meeting today morning at CARE India office for information sharing and coordination for Unified Response.

 

Please contact Ms. Suhasini, Care India, Hyderabad. (Mob: 9849760171) and Vikas Gora, Sphere India (+91 9958699913) presently in Vijayawada for details.

 

Viran  and Parimal from Sphere India will be moving to Hydrabad and Banglore respectively to support coordination effort.

 

I’ll supplement with more information

 

In Solidarity

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Vikrant Mahajan

Chief Operating officer

Sphere India

Building No. 3, Flat No. 302/3, Sona Apartments,

Kaushilya Park, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016 (INDIA)

Phone: +91-11-46070374, 75; Fax: +91-11-46070379

Mobile: +91-9818666831

E-mail: v...@sphereindia.org.in

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From: Vikas Gora [mailto:vi...@sphereindia.org.in]
Sent: 03 October 2009 14:15
To: 'Nalini NVN'; suha...@careindia.org

 

Dear All,

 

Further to the my telecom with all of you, I am herewith enclosing the Sphere India: Common Assessment Formats which would help to gauge the impact of disaster on various sectors. The same format was used in other disasters in India, Cyclone Aila, Cyclone Nisha, Kosi Floods etc.

 

With regard to the emergency meeting in Care India Office, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, I wish to bring to your notice that Ms.Nalini and Ms. Suhasini  Care India are organizing the emergency meeting at 3 p.m. today. Please contact Ms. Suhasini, Care India, Hyderabad. (Mob: 9849760171)

 

Rationale:

 

The floods in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh which is a result of heavy rains in adjacent states have let the people caught up in flood water without food, drinking water and dry clothes for almost 24 hours. The cut-off of access roads and national highways are disrupting the relief efforts. The continuous rainfall in the district is also hampering the relief work. Army has been called in and people in Kurnool Town and worst affected villages are either vertically evacuated through helicopters or are directed to elevated places for safety. Please refer to the SITREP attached herewith for your reference of the situation.

 

The Indian Red Cross, Hyderabad mentioned that NH 7 is cut off. Their vehicles with food are returning to Mahabubnagar as they are unable to find access to Kurnool. About 8-10 feet water is in Kurnool town and district administration is discouraging people to enter into the town. The Tungabhadra River Bridge, after Kothakota is completely submerged, thereby halting the traffic. Due to the hectic logistics work going on in arranging for food and other items, the representatives will not be present for the meeting. However for information, please contact Dr. PV Prakash Goud, Indian Red Cross, Mob: 9949055524.  

 

Immediate Needs:

 

Looking at the grim situation, there is an urgent call for the following needs:

 

·         Drinking Water

·         Food

·         Dry Clothes

·         Emergency Shelter Items (Tarpaulins etc)

·         Fuel for lighting as there are power cuts due to flood water.

·         Emergency Medicines

·         Boats and Rafts for evacuation of people.

 

Agenda for Emergency Meeting:

 

·         To initiate an inter-agency multi-sectoral assessment (Assessors: So far, Care India, CRS, and Save the Children BRB have agreed to be part of the team)

·         To plan the assessment in Kurnool, which is one of the worst flood affected areas in Andhra Pradesh.

·         To identify the urgent needs of people.

·         To highlight who will work where and on what.

·         To share information of available organizational relief resources to meet the needs of the people.

·         To plan for an unified response of the relief kits.  

 

The representatives from the Assessors will be undertaking the assessment using the format (one format per village) and the assessment can be undertaken in 5-10 worst affected villages, based on accessibility etc.

 

Enclosures:

 

-          Common Rapid Assessment Format and Common Detailed Assessment Format

-          Sphere India SITREP on Kurnool Floods, A.P.

 

Contact Details:

 

Contact Details for Agencies in AP:

 

Mr. Raghavan, Care India, 9989053636

Mr. David George, World Vision, 09177701334

Dr. Kiran Kumar, EMRI (108), 09949051273

Dr. PV Prakash Goud, Indian Red Cross, 09949055524

Mr. Praveen, Aid et Action, 04023316128

Mr. Ranganathan, Save the Children BRB, 09490427941

Mr. Anwar, Oxfam India, 09849094238

Mr. Sanjay, UNICEF, 09866647909

 

Ms. Suhasini, Care India, Hyderabad, 9849760171

 

Do give me a call if you need any other information. My mobile is: 9958699913.

 

Regards

Vikas Gora

 

 

 

 

VIKAS GORA
Focal Point - Unified Response Strategy (URS)
Sphere India
Building No. 3, Flat No. 302/3, Sona Apartments, Kaushilya Park, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016 (INDIA)
Phone: +91-11-46070374, 75; Fax: +91-11-46070379
Mobile: +91 9958699913
E-mail: vi...@sphereindia.org.in
Website: www.sphereindia.org.in
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Sphere India is an all inclusive Humanitarian Alliance in India. The members include key nodal agencies from Govt. of India, UN, INGOs, NGO Networks and National NGOs.

Sphere India facilitates Inter Agency Coordination, Training & Capacity Building, Information & Knowledge Management and Common Advocacy through a collaborative process for Quality & Accountability.
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For emergency & Coordination related specific information, please join Spher...@googlegroups.com
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