Proposed Response to Flood Disaster in Gop Block
October 20, 2011 Leave a comment
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The unprecedented flood situation in the Gop block of Puri District paralyzed the normal life of the people in different Panchayats. No one would have imagined that the history would repeat again. The late night of 10th Sept’2011 witnessed complete deluge in Gop Block and 22of its Gream Panchayats.
Many villages are marooned in flood water without food and proper shelter. Some are taking shelters on the safer places some how gets the relief provided by Govt. and private agencies. But still the people are staying at rooftop of others CC building are deprived of such facilities. Miserable is the condition of the animals.
Young India has been working in Puri district made an attempt to assess the conditions of the marooned people and the need of immediate relief. We have done preliminary assessment in worst affected Gop, Payara,Banakhandi,Mahalpada,Simili,Sorava & Andhara Icchapur GP of Gop Block
Present condition of people:
- People are still marooned in flood water.
- Total disruption of communication
- People are taking shelters on roof of the CC house, uplands and road sides.
- There is acute scarcity of safe drinking water.
- The unhygienic environment prevails very much which might cause diseases.
- People lack minimum clothing, temporary shelter materials, food, drinking water and medical aid.
- Children are out of school as most of the schools are in use of homeless families.
- School children have lost all their books & educational kits.
Immediate Relief Need
Now Govt & other Non Govt Agencies are working in these areas for relief & other needs of flood victims.
But nobody is thinking for the education of children. Young India has assigned 20 volunteers to work with children who are out of school. Temporary teaching centres are working by these volunteers in different flood affected villages. But the volunteers are facing problem as all of the children have lost their books & educational kits.
Presently we required followings to continue these Community Based Education Centres.
- School Bag
- Educational Kits including notepad, Pen, Pencil, Geometry Box, Paper, water bottle etc.
- Lenterns.
About Young India
Young India an organized body of some National Youth Awardee, Indira Gandhi NSS Awardee & Ex- NSS volunteers committed to the cause of social transformation & development was established in 1989 in the village Anasara near Konark GOP Block in Puri district of Orissa. This group of Youth activists, trained in the field of social service pledge to take up the cause of social change, develop, maintain and popularize the need of voluntary action for community development, promoting national Integration and understanding among youth and people in general, by taking its major areas of the organization’s operation, such as feasible action programme, research, training apart from documentation, publication, counseling services.
Young India has been registered under Society Registration Act 1860 (XXI) bearing regn. no- 3276/356-1992/93 & under Foreign Regulation Act 1976 bearing regn. no-105020237.
Radio Namaskar, the only community radio of Orissa is established at Konark by Young India, continuing special programme for flood devastated area 24X7.
Young India has received National Youth Award for 2009 from Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt of India.
Contact Person:
N.A.Shah Ansari
President , Young India
(National Youth Award,
Indira Gandhi NSS Award &
International Community Participation Award recipient)
Konark, Dist-Puri
Orissa, 752111
Email; youngindia@hotmail.com
Phone; 06758.236471
Cell; 9437036471
Flood Affected Schools in Gop Area
| Sl No | GP | Village | Name of the School | Total Students |
| 1 | Gop | Kusupur | Brajabandhu Nodal UP School | 245 |
| 2 | Gop | Gop Central Primary School | 163 | |
| 3 | Gop | Gop Maktab Primary School | 124 | |
| 4 | Gop | Madrasa Islamia Daru0O-Ollom | 97 | |
| 5 | Gop | Gop Baniasahi Primary School | 52 | |
| 6 | Panichhatra | Panichhatra Project UP School | 143 | |
| 7 | Bisarpur | Bisarpur Primary School | 22 | |
| 8 | Jirikana | Jirikana Project Primary School | 13 | |
| 9 | Bayakuda | Bayakuda Project Primary School | 26 | |
| 10 | Gop | Udayagirisahi Project Primary School | 58 | |
| 11 | Gop | Gop Girls High School | 344 | |
| 12 | Gop | Nigamananda High School | 358 | |
| 13 | Payara | Payara | Nilakantheswar Nodal UP School | 115 |
| 14 | Helari | Helari Jamara UP School | 96 | |
| 15 | Norada | Norada Primary School | 46 | |
| 16 | Sanatan Nodal UP School | 136 | ||
| 17 | Gothachauka | Gothachouka Project Primary School | 20 | |
| 18 | Gadasitha | Gadasitha Project Primary School | 40 | |
| 19 | Basudeipur | Basudeipur Primary School | 44 | |
| 20 | Nirgundi | Nirgundi Primary School | 25 | |
| 21 | Banakhandi | Baharana | Baharana Primary School | 46 |
| 22 | Kunanga | Kunanga Project Primary School | 38 | |
| 23 | Mahalpada | Kopara | Kopara Primary School | 17 |
| 24 | Simili | Simili | Simili Project Primary School | 81 |
| 25 | Sorava | Otanga | Otanga Project Primary School | 53 |
| 26 | Samakula | Sama Primary School | 73 | |
| 27 | Tiruna | Tiruna Primary School | 78 | |
| 28 | Andhara Icchapur | Ichhapur | Ichhapur Project UP School | 74 |
| Total School; 28 | Total Student | 2627 | ||
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