Flood assessment report Mirpur Khas and Thatta, Sindh Pakistan

Flood assessment report Mirpur Khas and Thatta, Sindh – Pakistan

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Flood Assessment Report 2011, District Mirpurkhas and Thatta, Sindh

GPP – Flood Response 2011, Sindh, Pakistan 2

Introduction Lying on the Let Wah Canal at 25°31′ 39.3″ N 69°00′ 50.6″ E / 25.527583°N 69.014056°E / 25.527583; 69.014056, Mirpur Khas is the gateway to the south-eastern edge of the Sindh province. It connects to Hyderabad at 65-kilometres by both road and rail while with Umer kot it connects only by road. Karachi is 220-kilometres south-west of the town. On the extreme east lies the Indian border at 170-kilometres. Mirpur Khas is positioned atop a fertile land making conditions apt for farming and irrigation. Being connected to the Indus via irrigation canals like the Let Wah, Mirpur Khas has gained an advantage in horticulture and farming over the years. Primary produce includes mangoes (famous for producing mangoes), sugarcane and cotton, wheat, & chillies. Bananas are also widely cultivated around the region and also one of the biggest producer of Bananas in the country.

S.No Name of District MIRPURKHAS

1 Area (sq: K.M) 7332

2 Population 1569020

3 Male 820840

4 Female 748180

5 Literacy rate (male/female) 30.4

6 No. of schools (primary/secondary) Primary 1657, Secondary 114

7 Population (01-14) 45.08

8 Population (15-49) 45.52

9 Population(60 and above) 9.40

10 Population Growth Rate 2.60%

11 Density per sq k.m 214

12 No. of Taluka Hospitals 07

13 No. of RHCs 10

14 No. of BHUs 64

15 Family Size 07

16 House Hold Size 5.8

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Background

In District Mirpurkhas, Heavy intermittent rains played havoc prompting shifting of around 40,000 rain- affected people to 93 relief camps set up in four talukas of the district Mirpurkhas. In Mirpurkhas, the army was called out to rescue thousands of people stranded in flooded villages in Jhuddo taluka where about 15,000 people have taken shelter in makeshift tents along roads and in school buildings. Army personnel are surveying the affected areas. Jhuddo town and adjoining villages have a population of about 200,000.

In Mirpur Khas, most of the areas badly affected due to heavy rain and breach of Mitharo Canal and over flowing of Left bank out fall drain (LBOD) and all sline water from different small channel fall in LBOD. The affected areas are (Talukas) Juhudo, Digri, Mirpur Khas Town, Goth Ghulam Muhammad, H.B. Mari and Sindhri of Mirpur Khas District. Two Lac population have been affected and government has established Relief camp in Government school and other buildings but still thousands people are on the roads without shelter in the open sky. Most of the people in the flood hit area have houses which are damaged or destroyed. Pepole have lost most of their belonging house hold things. Agriculture has been totally destroyed. Clean water sources have been contaminated.

Affected Area / Population Out of six Tehsil, five Tehsils have been severely affected where people are shifted to nearby camps established by district Authorities. However, these camps do not provide adequate facilities to the refugees regarding food, hygiene and clean drinking water. Flood water have affected around 350000 individuals, most of the houses build in the affected areas are mud houses, houses made up of bamboos. The stagnant water in the area is causing serious health problems among children and females. Number of villages affected in District Mirpurkhas and their population is as follows,

S. No Tehsil Name No. of UCs

Villages affected

Affected Population

Male Female Total

1 Jhudo 6 232 40231 65562 105793

2 Digri 6 198 34300 43000 77300

3 Mirpurkhas 4 306 36350 39550 75900

4 Kot Ghulam Mohammad

8 260 28379 23000 51379

5 HBM Mari 3 30 2303 2201 4504

6 Sindhri 3 45 540 673 1213

Grand Total 30 1,071 142,103 173,986 316,089

Sources: DCO Office Mirpurkhas



Affected Agriculture land / Livestock Total area covered by District is 868460 acres out of which total cultivable area is 800996 acres. There are two major crop season in the district i.e. Kharif and Rabbi, under Kharif, cotton, sugar cane, chillies and vegetables are being produed where as in Rabi season, fruits (mangos, dates), wheat, oil seed is grown in the area. The land if fertile however, due to lack of innovative skills in agriculture sectors not much is achieved.

As per the information gathered total affected area Taluka / Tehsil wise is mentioned below,

Affected Schools / Educational Institute District Mirpurkhas is considered as one of flourishing district of Sindh with literacy rate of 39.78 % where as male literacy ratio is 50.32% are females at 29.25%. Most of the refugees have taken refuge in government owned schools. The building structure of the school does not provide any facility in the area and the available schools facilities are being misused by the refugees which will need massive renovations after the refugees have gone back.

S. No Category No. of Educational Institutes No. of Educational institute Affected

Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total 1 Primary Schools 1661 375 2036 650 300 2036 2 Middle Schools 79 34 113 25 30 113 3 Secondary Schools 46 15 61 12 9 61 4 Higher Secondary Schools 04 02 06 0 0 06 5 Colleges 03 02 05 0 0 0 6 Private colleges 03 00 03 0 0 0 7 Technical schools 03 02 05 0 0 0

Particulars Total Area Affected Affected Crop Area Cattle Affected

Jhudo 112359 26684 1213

Digri 135655 29968 624 Mirpurkhas 97090 24026 533

Kot Ghulam Mohammad 175531 30600 0

HBM Mari 11000 8780 0 Sindhri 52600 7926 0 Grand Total 584235 127984 2370



Affected Health Facilities District Mirpurkhas is facing one of the biggest challenges to address the issue of stagnant water in the villages. This is causing serious health issues, where children and elderly along with women especially pregnant and lactating mothers are facing serious problems. No health facility is active at the moment and people are being deprived of basic health facilities at Camps as well. Almost 30% of the lactating mothers have stopped breast feeding due to lack of privacy in the camps. There is sudden rise in malaria cases as well as diarrhea. Following are the health facilties available in the communities which need renovation and medicines along with other basic equipment/facilities.

Relief Camps District government in collaboration with Provincial authorities has established relief camps in different government institute/building. However, the facilities provided in the camps are not adequate and up to the minimum standards. Taluka wise relief camps established and total number of refugees are as follows,

S. No Tehsil Name No. of Relief Camps

Affected Population

Male Female Total

1 Jhudo 30 6752 5616 12368

2 Digri 7 2221 2008 4229

3 Mirpurkhas 36 4312 3041 7353

4 Kot Ghulam Mohammad 21 2031 2098 4129

5 HBM Mari 0 0 0 0

6 Sindhri 0 0 0 0

Grand Total 94 15316 12769 28079

Civil Hospital 01

Taluka Hospital 02 Rural Health Centers 05 Basic Health Units 38 Maternal Child Health Care Center 12 Govt: Dispensaries 23 Unani Shifa Khana 02 Leprosy Center (Skin Diseases) 01 District Council Dispensary 22 Health Technical School 01 Nursing School 01 Lady Health visitors School /Midwifery School (under Women Health Project)

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Flood Situational Analysis Thatta, Sindh Thatta District takes its name from it headquarters town, one of the oldest towns in the land of ancient civilization. Thatta is derived from the Persian term “Tah Tah” which literary means layer over layer. The term signifies the settlement of various civilizations. It is situated from 23 43' to 25 26' north latitudes and 67 05' to 68' 45' east longitudes. The district is bounded on the north by Jamshoro district on the east by Hyderabad and Badin districts and India , on the south by Rann Kutch area and the Arabian Sea and on the west by Karachi district. The total area of the district is 17361 square kilometers and is sub classified administratively into 09 Talukas.

No Name of District THATTA

1 Area (sq: K.M) 17355

2 Population 1113194

3 Male 589341

4 Female 523853

5 Literacy rate (male/female) 22.1

6 No. of schools (primary/secondary) 2498

7 No. of newborn (0-12 months) 43.8

8 Population (01-14) 53.2

9 Population (15-49) 53.2

10 Population (60 and above) 4.8

11 Population Growth Rate 2.26

12 Density per sq k .m 64.1

13 No. of Taulka Hospitals 05

14 No. of RHCs 09

15 No. of BHUs 49

16 Family Size 5.2

17 House Hold Size 5.1



Affected Population District Thatta is one of the most disasters prone area in the province, where almost every year costal area is thrashed either by cyclone or flood water. Total population of the talukas is as follows along with their population, No. of Ucs and total number of villages.

S. No

Taluka Total Population No. of UCs No. of Villages Affected Population

1 Thatta 253748 13 74 126,874

2 Mirpur Sakro 198852 10 173 129,254

3 Ghorabari 105482 5 173 73,837

4 Mirpur Batharor 151915 8 37 98,745

5 Jati 123597 6 131 74,158

6 Sujjawal 127299 6 18 76,379

7 Shah buner 100575 5 101 60,345

8 Keti Bandar 25700 1 22 23,130

9 KAron Chan 25656 1 23 15,394

Grand Total 1112824 55 752 678,116

Affected Health Facilities

A total of 121 special cadre posts are sanctioned for eight rural health centres in Gharo, Var, Jungshahi, Darro, Baghan, Jherruck, Keti Bunder and Shah Bunder but 58 posts are vacant.

Thatta district has 63 government health facilities, out of which 50 Basic Health Units have been handed over to the People`s Primary Health Initiative (PPHI). Under the administrative command of PPHI, overall performance of these BHUs had improved marginally



Observations/Area of Intervention

Food insecurity Households reported having received food aide in the two weeks before the survey in the district. On average, male and female community groups report that children aged between 1 and 5 years old receive less than 2 meals a day. There is no reported difference in the amount of food given to male and female children in this age group. Around 50% of households lost all food stock as a result of the floods. The assessment indicated an absence of food stock was most critical in GB where 80% of households reported having no food stock at all and Sindh where 74% of households report having no food stock.

Shelter 45% of households surveyed reported that their house was completely destroyed, only 8% of households surveyed reported that their house was not damaged. 3. 75% of households reported that they owned the land they lived on prior to the floods. Almost 75% of the houses affected by flood are made of mud clay. There has been change in construction pattern as people who have constructed houses below in the canals are severely affected

Wash 1. Increased use of unprotected water sources for drinking across all 4 targeted UCs.

2. The drop in access to protected water sources was most pronounced in Sindh

3. Reduction in the quantity of drinking water available in the districts.

4. Approximately a 30% drop in the sufficiency of water reported.

5. Disrepair and damage to water sources as compared to the pre-flood situation.

6. 33% of the households in the survey report using some kind of water treatment method.

7. Only 42% of households reported having appropriate, safe water storage.

8. In all districts, it is adult women and children who are most likely to be the ones collecting water.

Livelihood In the affected districts, like elsewhere in the rural Pakistan, grain stock was one of the most important commodity people tried to rescue while evacuating their places. However carrying big loads of this grain was not an easy task. Scenes of families struggling to rescue and transporting their grain storage tanks were common. However large majority of the displaced families have not been so fortunate to bring along their gain stock. They are just left with no grain for eating as well to use as seed. A sever food security issue has developed and is deepening with every passing day. The dampening of the wood stock that could otherwise have been used as fuel and non availability of any fuel in most of the cases has increased displaced families problems. Recommended as a good practice in emergencies, cooked food is provided to the affected families by local philanthropists, local government and many international and national non government organizations. However this is proving to be a herculean job. Cooking large quantities of food, transporting it to the camps or concentrations of displaced populations and its distribution on meal times is proving to be very difficult. However there were few who took the challenge and rose to the occasion

Documents

Flood assessment report Mirpur Khas and Thatta, Sindh Pakistan