Cyclone FANI Response,

2019 - Odisha
Major Impact and Extent of Damage by FANI
Report (as on 15th May 2019)
 14 Districts affected namely Angul, Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack,
Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Keonjhar,
Khordha, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh and Puri. Out of it Puri, Cuttack,
Kendrapara and Jagatsinpur are extremely affected
 159 no. of Blocks affected. 52 no. of ULBs affected
 18168 Number of villages affected
 1,65,55,507 population affected
 5,08,467 housed damaged
 181711.4 hectare of crop affected
 Livestock Affected: 87,78,420 (LA- 24,41,440; SA-9,89,174; Poultry-
53,47,806)
 Livestock Casualty: 37,33,079 (LA- 2210, SA-2488, Poultry- 37,28,381)
 64 no. of Human Casualty
 Extensive damage to electric infrastructure
 Summer crops, orchards, plantations devastated in a large scale
 1031 number of public health facilities (MC & H/ DHH/ SDH/ CHCs/
PHCs/ Sub-Centers) damaged
 5244 number of Primary School Buildings and 1547 number of
secondary school buildings damaged
Source: http://www.odishastory.com/2019/05/17/fani-1-6-crore-peop
le-159-blocks-14-districts-affected-in-odisha/ Source: State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), Odisha
Assessment by Doctors For You (DFY)
Anganwadi Centre Assessment
CDA Colony Assessment
 Doctors For You deployed
its response team to Odisha
on 4th May, 2019
 DFY participated in meetings
and discussions with Inter
Agency Group, Government
Stakeholders, Community
and other organizations
Village Assessment
working in the field
 Field visits and data
collection in affected villages
of Nimapara Block, Puri
District and CDA Colony,
Cuttack
 >30 affected Anganwadi
Centres (AWC) were
assessed in Puri and Cuttack
Stakeholders Coordination Meeting Districts
Key Findings and Interventions
Key Findings
 Damaged infrastructure and
services in Anganwadi Centres
 Contamination/damage of
Drinking Water Sources
 Requirement of non-food
items like, cloths, mosquito
nets and blankets, shelter kits
and kitchen kits in affected
Damaged Anganwadi Centres Contamination of Hand-pumps villages
 Especially the slum dwellers
were highly prone to diseases
like diarrhoea, dengue and
malaria because of water
logging and poor sanitary
unhygienic conditions
Interventions
 Relief Distribution
 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
 Creation of Child Friendly
Damage Shelter Water logging near Slum Areas Spaces
Relief Distribution – Shelter and Kitchen Kits

Kitchen Kit Items Shelter Kit Items Distribution in Sagada Village, Puri

Distribution Details
Families of Disabled 237 kits
Children

Bantunia Village, 48 kits

Cuttack
Bhantigram Village, Puri 138 kits

Sagada Village, Puri 77 kits

Distribution in Bantunia Village, Cuttack Distribution to Specially Abled Children, Nimapara
Relief Distribution – Mosquito Nets and Water Filter
Mosquito Net Distribution, Imampada, Cuttack
Filter Distribution Krushak Bazar AWC, Cuttack
Mosquito Net Distribution, Balmiki Nagar, Cuttack
Filter Distribution, Baba Tilak Nagar, AWC, Cuttack
“Living under extremely poor
sanitary conditions and unhygienic
surroundings followed by floods
during monsoons, the slum
dwellers are highly prone to
diseases like diarrhoea, dengue
and malaria. Water filters was of
utmost concern to provide safe
drinking water and especially for
children in Anganwadi centres who
are more vulnerable to disease.”
With donation received form
Naraindas Morbai Budhrani
Trust (NMBT) DFY distributed
1000 Mosquito Nets to
households and 30 Water Filters
in AWCs of CDA Slum Colonies in
Cuttack
Water and Sanitation (WATSAN)
Disinfection of Hand-pump
Cleaning of 30000 litres Overhead Tank, CHC Bentak
“Sanitary and hygiene conditions
are extremely poor in the affected
areas as toilets have been
collapsed and damaged. Drinking
water sources have been heavily
contaminated; even the village
ponds have fallen trees, debris and
dead aquatics”
Cleaning of Overhead Tank in City Hospital, Cuttack
After the Cyclone DFY deployed
its WASH team who were
involved in cleaning of water
tanks in health facilities;
repairing of damaged water
pipeline and hand-pumps; and
disinfection of water sources.
The team also distributed soaps
and involved children in the
WASH awareness activities
Distribution of Soaps to Children
Child Friendly Spaces
Story Telling by Anganwadi Worker to Students
Hand Washing Practice by Students in AWC
Display of Painting by AWC Students
Distribution of WASH Kits in AWCs
“After FANI the daily operational
activities of AWCs got hampered.
The enrolment and attendance of
Children were low and provision
of daily meal was a challenge
after the cyclone”
To promote safety, better mental
and physical health, DFY adopted
5 Anganwadi Centers and
converted them into Child
Friendly Space (CFS). In the
program 180 children were
enrolled. With each of the CFS,
DFY has attached a local
volunteer who along with AWW
worked on increasing attendance
in the center through sequence of
activities.
Way Forward
Destruction of Fisherman Boat because of FANI
DFY responded to FANI affected communities for >1.5
months. Following are some of the way forward
measures after the Cyclone –
 With temperatures soaring to 45 degree Celsius,
there is a need to create child-friendly spaces where
the kids can play, read and perform extracurricular
activities when their parents are engaged in
restoration work. Creation of energy efficient,
environment friendly Model Anganwadi’s
 Retrofitting of damaged schools and community
infrastructures with cyclone resistant design
 WASH interventions for long term behaviour changes
and facilitating restoration of damaged WASH
infrastructures in villages
 To promote various livelihood programmes for the
affected communities (fishermen, coconut
producers, wage earners etc.)
 Promotion of kitchen garden to ensure food security
of marginalized communities
 Training and Capacity Building programmes in
Disaster Management for different stakeholders
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