Situation Update for Cyclone Phet – June 8, 2010

June 8 2010 at 7.30 pm

Situation Update for Cyclone Phet
Strengthening Participatory Organization

On 31 May 2010, tropical depression in Central Arabian Sea resulted into formation of tropical cyclone “PHET”. Tropical Cyclone after landfall along Sindh Coast on the evening of 6th June rapidly weakened into a “Well-Marked Low Pressure Area” and dispersed towards Indian Rajasthan. The coastal areas of country are now safe for all activities including fishing activities. A total of 102,269 individuals were evacuated from the affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan, majority of them (90%) have returned / settled in their home.  A total of 16 casualties have been reported (5 dead due to collapsed walls and 11 dead due to electric shock

SPO’s Humanitarian Team

SPO field teams are in field to support and assist in relief process to district government and other line agencies. In this process local partner organizations are equally supporting with their expertise at different scale. The information from field staff reveals that district Gwadar and other parts of Balochistan are more affected than other parts of Sindh.
Cyclone Situation in Balochistan
According to fresh updates and information received from field staff and partner organizations from District Gwadar and other affected cities of Baluchistan that Tehsils Pasni, Gwadar and Jiawni are badly affected from cyclone. The district government is extending efforts to support communities but limited resources are limiting their scale of work. Provincial government declared the Gwadar district as calamity hit area. SPO has provided the four generator and also providing fuels for dewatering stagnant water. SPO with the help of district government formed different cluster to strengthen the coordination mechanism among the humanitarian actors. SPO coordinating the WATSAN cluster, while Education, Health and food clusters are coordinating by NCHD, Save the children and district government respectively.
Sindh:

SPO filed team visited the camps set by district government in Gharro and Baghan, and it was observed that mostly the camps are vacated and people are moving back to their homes and district government providing them transportation facility for the purpose.
This time efforts made by district government are appreciated by the people since government alerted earlier about cyclone which minimize the expected volume of damages. Beside this DCO was himself monitoring the situation and relief work.

Situation in U/C Sukhpur of Taluka Mirpur Sakhro:

The cyclone affected 17 villages of U/C Sukhpur and destroyed Kacha Pacca  houses in the area.  The affected communities are residing in the Government Girls Primary School village Qadir Lashari at their own because their homes are destroyed.

The details are as under:

Union Council: Sukhpur
Tehsil/Taluka: Mir Pur Sakhro
District: Thatta

Recommendations:

•    The monitoring process reflected 1000 families in different areas require assistance.

•     Food, non food items, and provision of dirking water is dire need of affected people in Tehsil /Taluka Kharo Chann and Keti Bundar.

•    The UC Sukhpur affected communities are not receiving any support from any department or line agencies.

•    CSN Coordinator and partner organizations of SPO are requesting to assist in relief phase of the above cited communities.