Devastating windstorm and
heavy rain: Bajura and Dadeldhura Update
BAJURA
Windstorm and
heavy rain on 31 May night caused heavy destruction in Bajura. Badhu VDC
Pipaldandi and Kolti VDC are suffered by the incident. Five people died and
three people are undergoing treatment in Nepalgunj Hospital.
Incident sites
are one day walk far from the district headquarter. Government officials, NGOs
and civil society members visited the sites and provided instant relief to the
affected families and conducted rapid assessment of the losses.
41 families have been displaced in Badhu 9, Pipaldandi where 24
houses are completely and 11 houses are partially damaged. Other 20 houses and
25 shops are also damaged in Kolti VDC due to flood after the heavy rain. A
Primary Health Centre of Kolti is severely damaged and medicine stock is also
swept away by the flood. According to the local people, 18-20 families are
displaced in Kolti and living with relatives.
Situation:
Displaced families in Pipaldandi
have been provided shelter assistance. Some of the families are at local school
and some are coping with relatives. According to the assessment team, there are
other 100 houses in Badhu at risk and needs resettlement.
Drinking water system is collapsed in the both sites. According to
the government assessment team, around 3,500 meter pipe in Pipaldandi is
damaged that affected ward no 6, 7, 8 & 9. Around 2,000 meter pipe is
damaged in Kolti also. Drinking water has become a serious problem in both
places.
More than 100 domestic animals also died and only 25 dead animals
have been recovered so far. Locals are worried of those dead animals and its
environment and health implication.
Road segment from Kolti to Pipaldana is also damaged where 4-5 KM
completely is swept.
Responses:
Emergency DDRC meeting held and
requested to all agencies for the quick response.
District Administration Office provided Rs 25,000 compensation to
the family of those five deceased. Similarly, the DAO provided compensation for
the completely damaged and partially damaged houses of Pipaldandi Rs 5,000 and
3,000 respectively. This support is yet to be provided to the affected families
at Kolti.
Local NGOs provided instant food relief (100 kg rice, 54 kg bitten
rice, noodles, biscuits and etc) for 41 families of Badhu 9 Pipaldandi. Nepal
Red Cross provided NFI especially tent and blanket to those 41 displaced
families. DDC also supported them 20 kg rice and Rs 1,000 for each family.
DDRC has appealed with local, regional and national agencies for
additional 4000 kg rice to feed the affected people.
Gaps:
Major gap is insufficient food
support for the affected people. Needless to say, Bajura is one of the remotest
districts where presence of international agencies is very low.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) is serious issue for the
affected. Since the drinking water system is collapsed, they are compelled to
drink contaminated water from different sources.
Essential medicine is not available in both sites. All the stock
of the PHC is damaged and its restoration has been problematic since the PHC
itself is severely damaged.
DADELDHURA:
Devastating windstorm on 1st June
severely affected Dadeldhura district. One person died, more than 150 houses
and schools are damaged. The DDRC Dadeldhura hold an emergency meeting and
initiated the rapid assessment. The assessment report is yet to come out.
Situation:
The primary
assessment undertaken by humanitarian agencies shows that Alital VDC is the
most affected one. Nepal Police, District Administration Office and District
Education Office are receiving different loss information and the DDRC is asked
to lead it. So far the information is received, roofs of more than 100 houses
are blown by the storm. The storm blew roofs of 34 schools across the district.
According to the sources, the number of
public and institutional losses may increase.
Most of the
affected families are poor and marginalized. Despite their roofs have blown,
they have been coping somehow and no other instant humanitarian crisis is
reported so far. However, Schools those roofs are blown, have been
interrupted.
Response:
A joint
assessment is underway in the leadership of VDC. NRCS is also providing NFI support to the
affected families. According to the NRCS sources, they have provided 20 NFI so
far. They have prioritized the affected families as per the intensity of the losses. The affected families require only shelter
assistance and the NRCS is gradually providing along with the assessment.
United Mission to Nepal (UMN) Doti also has shown interest to provide instant support to the affected
families. It has been discussed that the NRCS will make necessary coordination
with the UMN for the required assistance for the affected.
District Administration Office has provided
compensation to the family of the dead. No other support and response has
initiated from the government side so far. According to the District Education
Office (DEO), they can only repair 8-10 schools.
DDRC has appealed support for the roof
maintenance of schools and civilians’ houses.
Gaps:
A complete
rehabilitation of the schools and civilians’ houses has become a challenge.
Neither DEO nor the DAO seem having budget for such support. It is very
essential to resume the school as it was already obstructed by the one month
general strike in May. According to the NRCS, some of the affected families
have maintained their roof but that does not long last. They might have problem
when the monsoon starts.
