BIHAR DEVELOPMENT TRUST FLOOD RELIEF

MEDIA COVERAGE:

AAJTAK STORY ON http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=e4lT8o_HNlw

INDIA TODAY STORY ON PAGE 70, EDITION OCT 27,

Dear Friends,

Greetings!!!

Bihar Development Trust is a non profit organisation working in field of microfinance and livelihood sector in Bhagalpur and Patna district of Bihar.

Due to unprecendented scale of flood in Bihar, millions of people have become displaced and need relief. Since our reach is in Bhagalpur district, we are doing relief work in Naugachiya Subdivison of Bhagalpur. More than 15 lakh people have been affected in four blocks.The reason for choosing Naugachiya subdivision for flood relief because we have reach & access there and can do the relief work efficiently.

Our relief work was sporadic till now but it will gather steam as CARE TODAY has approved Rs.500,000 for running a relief camp. This camp will accomodate 1000 people on a daily basis and provide food and medicines to them. We are alredy preparing 10000 packets of food for distribution.

We request all of you to donate to BIHAR DEVELOPMENT TRUST for flood relief. Your money will be used to run a relief camp in Kharik block. Focus is on providing Food, shelter and medicines to people. We will arrange a doctor for medical check up for flood affected people.

The bank account information is:

TYPE OF ACCOUNT- SAVING

BRANCH-PATNA

NAME- BIHAR DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Ac no is 142010100201667 ,

AXIS BANK, PATNA BRANCH

SAKET TOWER

S P Verma Road

Patna- 800001

MICR CODE-800211002

IFS CODE- UTIB0000142

Kindly mail to bihardev@gmail.com  after confirming donation.

FUND MOBILISATION INFORMATION

NAME	AMOUNT IN RS.	STATUS
RAMA SWAMY DINESH KUMAR	200	RECIEVED
CARE TODAY	500,000	RECIEVED
ANNONYMOUS	5,000	RECIEVED
Gitesh Gunjan	500	RECIEVED
PRABHAKAR PANDEY	2000	RECIEVED
ANNOYMOUS	20000	RECIEVED

 

 

The Area of Relief Work

 

 

 

 

The Navgachiya subdivision was the worst affected area in Bhagalpur. We took a survey visit to the subdivision to find out the worst affected villages. We travelled to villages in block of Kharik, Bihpur etc. As we were crossing the Ganga Bridge to Navgachiya, we saw only water and banana crops destroyed in it. People were living on both sides of road.  As we moved to village pucca roads, they were also taken over by people. People were living on the roadside in temporary sheds. All along the road to the block, we saw people either living the roadside or walking carrying baggage on their heads. The entire area on the left side of the road was flooded. Far away I could see many houses fully surrounded by water.

 

 

 

The location was decided on basis of extent of relief work carried out by other people and accessibility. We chose khairpur panchayat in Kharik Block. There were no relief work being carried out in the villages and they were accessible by boats only which was very risky also as daily reports of drowning of boat was common.

 

 

 

Villages in which relief materials were distributed are

• Kazikorayyiya
• Khairpur
• Lodipur
• Mirjafri
• Dhruvganj

 

 

 

These villages were surrounded by water. People were living in open sky or whatever they could get to assemble a makeshift hut. Many people homes were submerged in water. The major community was other backward caste (OBC) people and around 30% of people belong to schedule caste. In Mirjafri, more than 90% people belong to Islam religion. Most of the people have nothing to eat when water came around 20 August in their villages. In Lattipur, people made 10 km of embankment to protect the Kharik market and highway from rising water on Ganges. It was entirely community effort and somehow they saved it.  

 

 

 

Duration:

 

The relief work was carried out between September 7, 2008 to September 29, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impact Assessment

 

 

 

 

The strategy of relief material distribution was staggered one. The relief materials were distributed in phases and in different villages. If some other organisation or group is distributing relief material in one village, no distribution was done in that village on that day. We were aware of other people and groups providing relief materials to the flood affected people.

 

 

 

Details of Distribution:

 

 

 

 

Item Name	Quantity in Quintals
RICE	135
PULSE	26.5
POTATO	60.5
SALT	3
BLEACHING POWDER	4.5
FUELWOOD	10
GUR	4
DAALMOTH	4
PLASTIC BAG (5kg) in No.	600
MATCHBOX in No.	600
KHICHDI distribution	5000 people
Clothes	1000
Biscuit	1000

 

A total of 2000 family and 11000 individuals benefitted from the distribution of above quantity of food materials. The affected families were able to get food materials which enable them to tide over a period of 10 days. Local organisation and people directed their relief materials and contribution through us. We distributed more than 2000 pieces of clothes and biscuits given by local people. There were indirect benefits like other group also focused their effort in these villages. There were short term employments to people affected by flood by helping in distribution of food materials.

Most important, it gave hope to people who were losing hope. They got to know that some one cares for them and for this, people will be forever obliged to CARE TODAY

 

Volunteers:

 

Sunil, Suman, Pramod, Ajay, Dr.Jaikishan, Pramod Mandal, Deepak, Ayub, Ravi, Dev, Kundan, Ravindra Mishra, Bhaskar, Chandrashekhar Jha, Ghanshyam, Shambhu, Abhinav, prabhat pandey, saket, sanjay, Ram Vilas Yadav,