Tamil Nadu Flood Relief

 

Summary of Relief work carried by AID India in Chennai, Cuddalore, Kancheepuram & Thiruvallur districts upto March 31, 2016.

• 16 homes constructed,  9 homes construction in progress
• 670 water filters distributed
• 1,250 school stationery kits distributed
• 450 cooking vessels with drums distributed
• 3,600 notebooks distributed
• 232 trucks with relief materials sent
• 185 villages, 82 slum areas covered across 10 clusters
• 1,05,200 people benefitted from the relief initiative
• 1,550 volunteers actively involved in relief work
• 20,530 cooked food packets delivered
• 41,600 kgs of raw rice distributed
• 17,800 kgs of dal distributed
• 3,250 kgs of sugar distributed
• 14,300 packets of oil distributed
• 6,700 packets of milk powder distributed
• 33,600 packets of biscuits distributed
• 32,300 litres of drinking water distributed
• 32,600 sanitory pads distributed
• 17,700 blankets distributed
• 19,400 mats distributed
• 63,500 clothes for all age and gender distributed

 

An Earlier Report:

Tamilnadu Flood Relief Daily Updates – Dec 23, 2015

Relief Summary till date:
Materials distributed through trucks to the flood affected areas in Chennai, Cuddalore, Kancheepuram & Thiruvallur districts

95,800 people benefitted from the relief initiative
118 villages, 75 slums areas covered across 10 clusters
193 trucks with relief materials sent
1,480 volunteers actively involved in relief work
20,530 cooked food packets delivered
34,500 kgs of raw rice distributed
14,800 kgs of dal distributed
13,020 packets of oil distributed
6,100 packets of milk powder distributed
32,400 packets of biscuits distributed
26,700 litres of drinking water distributed
32,600 sanitary pads distributed
17,200 blankets distributed
19,900 mats distributed
63,200 clothes for all age and gender distributed

Focus Clusters: 1) KK Nagar – Jafferkhanpet 2) Kotturpuram – Ganeshapuram 3) Vyasarpadi – Manali 4) Velachery – Taramani 5) Mudichur – Anakaputhur 6) Tiruporur – Chengelpet 7) Minjur – Ponneri 8) Tiruttani – Tiruvalangadu 9) Cuddalore – Bhuvanagiri 10) Kalpakkam – Anaicut

Case Study

Kalpakkam – Anaicut Cluster

Chellamma, an 85 year old lady, living in a small hamlet Velur near Kalpakkam was one of the affected victims of current flood. She was already suffering from a hip injury. Hence during flood, she couldn’t move out of the house even though water stagnated in her house and outside. Since the lake banks were broken, water flew through the entire village. She has been surviving currently on food given by good samaritans in the locality. She was left on the road and her son is not able to take care. Most of the people in that locality who were doing daily labour in a big construction firm are all now unemployed due to recent flood. Due to remote access, not many NGOs are visiting and offering help. Due to AID INDIA’s grass-root presence, our team visited each family in that hamlet and distributed dry rations, blankets and mats.

Key Highlights

1) Eminent Carnatic Music vocalist Ms. Aruna Sairam had words of praise for AID INDIA as well as Balaji Sampath during her concert in Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai. Her fans were also inspired by AID INDIA’s story and willing to support the cause by extending the chain of human goodness.

2) AID INDIA’s Chennai flood relief work was covered by Thanthi TV in a documentary ‘Manitham’ that got aired on Dec 20th. They covered AID INDIA’s flood relief efforts and systematic distribution mechanism. Watch the documentary here: www.aidindia.in/tn-flood-relief/video- gallery.php

3) Scope International, a Corporate, had sent 30 volunteers on a daily basis during last week to help AID INDIA’s team on sorting, packing and distributing relief materials to affected victims.

AID INDIA volunteers Selvakumar and Shyam visited two villages Boothampadi and Kalkonam in Kurinjipadi block of Cuddalore district. In both these villages, they had done the assessment of damaged huts in the presence of Panchayat presidents. Indira from Boothampadi completely lost everything in her hut. She just has a grinding stone at home. Also, Senthamarai, working as a coolie, also lost everything in flood and is currently living on the remains of her damaged hut. 3 houses are severly damaged by the floods as well. In Kalkonam village, more than 10 thatched huts and few brick houses are affected badly.