Disaster management profile in Srikakulam:

District Profile:

Total Geographical Area of the District: 5,837 Sq. Kms.

Forests covered area 68,641 Hect (11.8% of the total geographical area of the district)

Irrigated Area 185855 lakh Hectares o Sea-Coast area :193 KM

Length of Railway track : 241.596

National High-way roads :135.789

R&B / PR Roads : 336.869

Metal Roads : 0.600

No. of Mandals :38

No. of Administrative Divisions : 3

No. of Municipalities / Nagar Panchayats :4/1

Traversing Rivers : Nagavali,Vamsadhara Major rivers & Bhahuda and Maendratanaya minior rivers

On Account of its geographical conditions, Srikakulam District is vulnerable to different disasters such as
floods, cyclones,drought, Tsunamies etc;

The Disaster Management Act of 2005 mandated institutional setup at National, State, and District levels to have a
pro-active approach. Accordingly in Srikakulam District, Disaster Management Authority is formed with

Zilla Parishad chairperson as Co-Chairperson

Superintendent of Police of District as Ex-Officio member

Joint Collector as Member Convener

Project Director DRDA, C.E.O. of the Zillaparishad, District Medical and Health Officer as its Ex-Officio members.

Climate and Rainfall:

Throughout the year, the climate is characterized by humidity. The South-West monsoon which follows the
summer season lasts upto September. The normal rainfall of this district is 1162 mm. he actual rainfall during 2009
is against normal of 2.6 the rainfall received during September 196.3 mm is very highest normal. The District has 38
Rain Recording Stations.
Earlier, the approach to Disaster Management has been primarily reactive and relief centric. A paradigm shift
has now taken place at the national level from the erstwhile response centric approach to holistic and
integrated management of disasters with emphasis on prevention, mitigation and preparedness. These efforts
are aimed to conserve developmental gains and also minimize losses to lives, livelihood and property.
Prevention and mitigation contribute to lasting improvement in safety.

New Initiatives:

Flood Risk Mitigation Scheme (FRMS) The Scheme covers activities like a) Pilot Projects for development
of model Multi-Purp ose Flood Shelters and b) Development of River Basin specific Flood Early Warning
System and Digital Elevation Maps for preparation of Inundation Models for giving early warning to the
villagers for evacuation in case of flood. Under the Scheme, financial support is to be provided to the Flood
prone States for undertaking pilot scheme in respect of above two activities.

Preparation of Upgraded earthquake Hazards Maps

As per the recommendations of the Working Committee of Experts (Geophysical-Hazards), NDMA has
undertaken a project through Building Materials Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC) for upgradation of
Earthquake Hazards Maps for the country.

Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Buildings Types in India

The work for preparation of catalogue of different building types in various parts of India and development of
vulnerability functions for a number of different building types appearing in the building catalogues has been
awarded to IIT Bombay in association with four different nodal institutions in different parts of the country.

Suggestions :

There is a paradigm shift in Disaster Management approach from the earlier focus of response and relief to
prevention and preparedness. It is certainly possible to reduce the impact of Disasters by evolving appropriate
preparedness, mitigation and response plans.

Earlier, any disaster management was considered as a crisis management function that began with a disaster
and closed soon after the relief and rehabilitation. It is now realized that process of mitigation should
incorporate long term preventive and protective measures by adopting appropriate strategies for disaster prone
areas.

The mainstreaming of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) features into development planning of sectoral
departments is one of the key areas identified and incorporated in the plan.

It is important to develop standards such as the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) to avoid delay and
distortion of information and news. The CAP provides a general format for exchanging emergency alerts and
public warnings between different alerting technologies.
There is no ‘one size fits all’ solution to last-mile communication - the participation of community members in
deciding the appropriate communication tools and processes is essential to ensure that warnings reach them in
a timely manner.

Early warning is a very essential component of DRR as it is not only the production of technically accurate
warnings but also a system that requires an understanding of risk and a link between producers and consumers
of warning information, with the ultimate goal of triggering action to prevent or mitigate a disaster

Conducting Drills for floods.

Cyclones:

About 30 % of the total geographical area in the district is vulnerable to cyclones and other cyclone related
hazards. There are 207 villages located below 5 Km from the coastal line of Bay of Bengal. Since, 1977, this district
was experienced with 12 cyclones, out of which, the cyclone in1999, 2004, 2009, 2010 is the worst.

Floods:

On either side of Vamsadhara and Nagavali rivers nearly 231 villages are prone to floods frequently. Yearly 2 or 3
times flash floods occur in the district due to heavy rainfall of south west monsoon period.

Tsunami :

Tsunami showed physiological impact on fisher folk communities along with the sea coast .There is no direct
physical damage either to the public or to the property in this District.

Earthquakes:

According to the earthquake Atlas the district has located Sesimic zone in Moderate. In the past history of the
Earthquake the district has got highest magnitude 5.0 and 3.8 on rector scale in the years 1858 and 1985.

The cyclone Hudhud - land fall took place near Visakhapatnam on 12th October 2014 with a wind speed of
>220 kmph, was the strongest and most destructive ‘tropical severe cyclonic storm’ to ever hit any Indian city.
The cyclone has affected 320 villages across 44 sub-districts in Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, Vijayanagaram,
East Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh state and some rural pockets in four districts of south Odisha state
in India. The districts of Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam and Vijayanagaram have encountered damages to
infrastructure, communications, kutcha houses and livelihoods.

In srikakulam about 55 Industrial units suffered with the loss of 85 crores.

Srikakulam district stands in the last position in the state in the selection of beneficiaries. The state
government allotted 9,000 houses to Srikakulam district and by October 2016, only 105 beneficiaries have
been identified and administrative sanction not given to even a single house.
Houses Allotted under NTR Spcl. Housing in both Rural & Urban Areas (for HUD-HUD VICTIMS)

Allotted Sanctioned Not In Completetd Project Expenditure

Started Progress Cost (In (In Lakhs)
Lakhs)
896 656 208 448 0 3983.70 177.00

Previous History of Flood/Cyclone and Drought Situations in Srikakulam District

2010 JAL CYCLONE

Due to Jal Cyclone, heavy rains have affected 2,73,483
people in this district and crops damaged in an extent of
AC 160886 ACs . Input subsidy to a tune of Rs. 88.00
Crores released and distributed to the affected farmers.
2012 NILAM CYCLONE Due to Nilam Cyclone , heavy rains affected 2.80 Lakh
people in the District and crops in an extent of Hect.
27129.97 Damaged. 4 Human Lives and 24 Cattle lives
affected
2013 PHAILIN CYCLONE Due to Phailin Cyclone, 2.56 Lakh population affected,
and 0.14 Lakh Hects. Cropped area affected.2818
Houses Damaged, 2 Human lives were lost, Big Animals
36, small animals 16 were lost. The total estimated
damage is Rs. 27002.87 Lakhs.
2013 HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS Due to Heavy Rains & Floods , 1.08 Lakh population
affected, and 0.05 Lakh Hects. Cropped area
affected.9153 Houses Damaged, 2 Human lives were
lost, Big Animals 64, small animals 331 were lost. The
total estimated damage is Rs. 66338.55 Lakhs.
2013 HELEN CYCLONE
One person died, no lost cattle lives.
2014 HUD HUD CYCLONE & FLOODS 1.32 lakh people affected, 2 persons died, 6 injured,
68,575 persons evacuated and accommodated them in
62 relief camps. 6 persons who were stranded in
Ponnada Lanka were rescued. 78 Medical Camps
Organised.Central Forces were requisitioned for Rescue
Operations.
Food packets supplied :8.00 Lakhs
Water Packets supplied:22.00 lakhs
Rice at free of cost distributed: 10,516.31 MTs
Kerosene at Free of Cost:25,000 Ltrs.
Biscuit Packets distributed: 1.00 lakh
 Drought

Year 2007-2010 2010-2013 2013-2015 2015-2018

Persons affected
Villages affected
Human
casualities
Animals lost

FIRE ACCIDENTS

Year No.of Gutted Gratuitions Relief Addl. Gratuitous Total

Houses Sanctioned Relief Sanctioned
2014 224 12686000 7550012
2015
2016
2017
2018

Rain fall Data

Year Normal Actual Percentage of

Development
2013-2014 1161.5 1261.8 +8.6
2014-2015 1161.5 1389.9 +19.7
2015-2016 1161.5 1189.4 +2.4
2016-2017 1161.5

STATEMENT SHOWING MANDAL WISE RAINFALL DURING THE YEARS 2014-2018

 Sl. Name of the
Name of the Place Danger Level
No river/creek

1. Vamsadara river Gotta barrage at +34.840m

Hiramandalam (v)&Mandal +35.600m

+36.000m

2. Nagavali

A. Totapally regulator Totapally (V) 74.877m

Garugubilli (M) 76.707m

Vizianagaram Dist. 77.927m

B. NarayanaPuram Narayanapuram (V) +30.28m

Auicut Burja (M) +3.50m

Srikakulam dist. +32.00m

C. SrikakulamOld Bridge Srikakulam town limits + 10.17m

+10.41m

+ 10.80m

6 Mahendratanya Pydigam Anicut, +34.05m

River Pathupuram, Sompeta (M) +34.54m

+34.50m

7 Bahuda River Bandabada (V) Itchapuram + 17.00m

(M) + 18.50m

+19.75m

Sl. Type of Lengthof

Name of the Embankments
No Embankments Embankments

VAMSADARA RIVER

1. Singidi flood Bank (V) in Bamini Earth bund 2.00 Km

2. Kosali Kesari Flood Bank Kosali (v) in Earth Bund 1.80 Km

Bhamini (M)

3. Kuntibhadra Flood bank Kuntibhadra (v) Earth Bund 0.645km

4. Ramasagaram Flood bank Ramaagaram Earth Bund 0.275km

in Kotturu (M)

5. Vaspa Flood Bank in Kottur (M) Earth Bund 0.600km

6. Nivagam Flood Bank in Kotturu (M) Earth Bund and 0.700km

Masonary wall

7. Vallabharayudu Gedda flood bank near Earth Bund 0.380km

Vaspa(v)in Kotturu(M)

Down Stream of Gottabarrage

i
8. Dabbapadu-Mariapalli Flood bank n Earth Bund 2.1700km

L.N. Peta (M)

9. Commam bank of Avadanula tank of Earthen Bund 1.755km

Purushothapuram(v) in Sarubujjili (M)

10. Kalingapatanam flood bank in Gera (M) Earthen Bund 1.800km

Left side margin

11. Kaduma Flood Bank Kaduma (v) in Earthen Bund 2.200km

Kotturu (M)

12. Hamsa Flood Bank Kotturu (M) Earthen Bund 1.800km

13. Penugotivada Flood bank in Kotturu (M) Earthen Bund 1.200km

14. Sri Mukhalingam Flood bank in jalumuru Earthen Bund 1.400km

15. Karakavalasa Flood bank in Jalumuru Earthen Bund 0.550km

16. Atchutapuram Flood bank in JalumurU Earthen Bund 1.650km

17. Makivalasa Flood bank Jalamuru(M) Earthen Bund 0.800km

18. Parlam Flood bank in Jalumuru (M) Earthen Bund 2.400km

19. Dola Flood bank in Polaki (M) Earthen Bund 2.500km

NAGAVALI RIVER

1. Ramachandrapuram to Rangarayapuram Earthen Bund 2.000km

Flood bank in Santhakaviti (M)

2. Balaga Flood Bank in Srikakulam (M) Earthen Bund 2.300km

3. Masonary wall in Srikakulam Town Earthen Bund & 4.000km

Masonary wall
 Left side margin

4. Ampili- Allina Flood bank in Burja (M) Earthen Bund 5.500km

t
5. Kakhandyam Flood Bank o Earthen Bund 2.500km

Narayanapuram in Burja(M)

6. Burja Flood Bank (M) Earthen Bund 1.600km

7. Ovvapeta flood bank in Burja (M) Earthen Bund 0.600km

8. Annavaram to Ampili Flood Bank in Earthen Bundand 0.250km

Palakonda (M) Masonary wall

b
a
n
9. P.Nanndivada Flood kin Earthen Bund 1.500km

Veraghattam (M)

b
a
n
10. Kothavalasa flood kin Earthen Bund 4.400km

Amadalavalasa (M)

to
11. Chinalankam Narayanapuram (U/s) Earthen Bund 1.600km

flood bank in Burja (M)

 Villages in Danger for Various Flood Discharges

VAMSADHARA RIVER

No. of Villages under submerssion

Sl.
Name of Mandal Level at Level at Level at Total No. of
No.
60000 CS 80000 CS 100000 CS villages

1 Srikakulam -- -- 05 05

2 Gara -- -- 06 06

3 Bhamini 05 01 04 10

4 Kotturu 03 06 05 14

5 Sarubujjili 03 01 -- 04

6 L.N.Peta 02 -- -- 02

7 Polaki 2 2 13 17

8 Jalumuru 6 13 4 23

9 Hiramandalam 4 05 -- 09

10 Amadalavalasa 3 1 -- 4

11 Narasannapeta 4 11 15 30

Total 32 40 52 124
 02. NAGAVALI RIVER.

No. of Villages under submerssion

Sl.
Name of Mandal Level at Level at Level at Total No. of
No.
60000 CS 80000 CS 100000 CS villages

1 Amadalavalasa 3 6 7 16

2 Palakonda 4 -- -- 4

3 Regidi Amadalavalasa -- 12 -- 12

4 Veeraghattam -- -- 10 10

5 Burja 11 1 4 16

6 Santhakaviti 8 4 9 21

7 Vangara -- 7 -- 7

8 Ponduru 5 -- -- 5

9 Etcherla 8 4 -- 12

10 Srikakulam Muncipality 4 -- -- 4

Total 43 34 30 107
VILLAGES ENDANGERED FOR VARIOUS FLOOD DISCHARGES – VAMSADHARA