21 June 2021

Relief work in South and North 24 Parganas after Cyclone Yaas

May 26, 2021, saw another addition to the list of violent cyclones in the Sundarbans. The entire Sundarbans, including the coastal areas of East Midnapore, South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas, was again devastated by the landfall on the Orissa coast. While the exact amount of damage can never be known; agriculture, fish farming, animal husbandry, trade and commerce have all been affected. Around 10 lakh people had to be brought to safe shelters. 

According to various sources, the impact of cyclone Yaas in various areas and villages in South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas districts caused dangerous damage to the property, as seawater had dangerously swelled and dams in various places collapsed. Various villages were completely inundated by the floods. Mud houses of many people in the village were destroyed by the storm or by the tidal wave, forcing villagers to take shelter in the flood centres. As the tide rose, the river overflowed in different villages and whole villages were submerged. For a while, there was nothing left to help the helpless people. Crops grown in the field got flooded with saltwater, leaving them very worried about their immediate future.

After the landfall, PBKMS rushed to provide relief and assist speedy rehabilitation, in the Sundarbans.  We provided 10Kg Bleaching and 60Kg Lime powder each, in villages of Nandakumarpur, Kumropara, Kankandighi, Namkhana, Narainpur anchals of South 24 Parganas (as of 14th June 2021) to clean the water sources and to purify drinking water. More than 70 quintals of Lime powder and 10 quintals of Bleaching powder has been provided to villages committees of different blocks of South 24 Parganas like Gosaba, Patharpratima, Kulpi and Kakdwip, to be spread in the next few days


Similarly, in Hasnabad, Minakhan, Kholapota, Sandeshkhali blocks of ​​North 24 Parganas, PBKMS has extended a helping hand to the people affected by the cyclone. 250 Kg Bleaching powder and 1400Kg Lime powder has been provided in 25 villages of the district.


District

Block

GP

Village

Lime (kg)

Bleaching (kg)

South 24 Parganas

Kultali


Kundakhali

200

50

Kultali


Bhubeneswari

1550

1050

Kultali


Moipith

Kultali


Deoulbari Devipur

Mathurapur 2

Nandakumarpur


600

100

Mathurapur 2

Kumropara


300

50

Mathurapur 2

Kankandighi


400

50

North 24 Parganas

Hasnabad

Amlani

Sundoria



Murarisha

Gara Kupi



Kholapota

Rajendrapur

Noldi



Sandeshkhali

Bayarmari

Bayarmari



Chuchra Bayarmari



Minakha

Chaital

Majherpara

200

25

Neruli

Neruli Abad

Nimichi

Uttar Akratola

Uttar Majherpara

Fulbari

Mohanpur

Paschimand Purbo Chandibari

400

50

Harinhula

Barabari

Kalibari

Dakkhin Kalibari

Tangramari

Ramjoygheri

Muchikhola

Ramjaigheri

Mallik gheri

Aathpukur

Beltola

Sukni Basa

Harinhola

Mohanpur

Natun Para

Uchildaha

200

50

Chapali Abad

Fulbari

200

25

Balaberia

Uchhemari

Chapali Abad


Community kitchens have been started in 17 villages where cooked meals have been provided (as of 1 July, 2021) to around 10,000 people, which includes people involved in river embankment repairing and their families. Meals are being cooked and served on different islands as well. 

Community kitchens have been started in 17 villages where cooked meals have been provided (as of 1 July, 2021) to around 10,000 people, which includes people involved in river embankment repairing and their families. Meals are being cooked and served on different islands as well. 


S. NO.

BLOCK

GP

VILLAGE

NO. OF PEOPLE FED (1st Day)

(2nd Day)

(3rd Day)

1

Kultali

Bhubaneshwari

Amtalar Kheya

200

200


2

Majher Kheya

200

200


3

Bhubaneshwari

200

200

200

4

Petkulchand

200

200


5

Haldar gheri

200

200


6

Bhasha

200

200


7

Uttar Devipur

200

200


8

Paschim Devipur

200

200


9

Deulbari Devipur

Shyam Nagar

200

200


10

Durgapur

200

200


11

Patharpratima

Achintanagar

Biratbajar Srigheri

200

200


12

Bishnupur

200

200


13

Brajaballabhpur

Brajaballabhpur

200

200


14

Mathurapur 2

Kankandighi

Daktar gheri

200

200


15

Shitalmaity

200

200


16

Dokkhin Kankandighi

250

250


17

Nagendrapur

Addi Baradanagar

200

200


18

Amtalar Kheya

200

200


19

Nandakumarpur

Chatua

200

200


20

Namkhana

Narayanpur

Narayanpur

200

200


21

Baidya gheri

100

200


22

Kultali

Moipeeth

Nagenabad

200

200


23

Baikanthapur

200

200


TOTAL

4550

4650

200


Our members, in various blocks of South 24 Parganas, have also coordinated and assisted individuals and other organisations like Udayani, Nabarun Sangha (a local club in Badu) and Sramajivi hospital in providing dry ration and food packets. 

S.No

Organisation Name/Partner Name

Particulars

No. of people/Quantity

Block

1

Nabarun Sangha (Badu)

Meal

750

Gosaba

2

Sramajivi hospital

Medikit

250

Namkhana

3

Arup Chatterjee (Kolkata)

Rice

7.5 quintal

Mathurapur 2

4

Father Jyoti (Dhyan Ashram)

Dry ration

400

Mathurapur 2

5

Father Shaju

Dry ration

950

Kultali

6

Udayani

Dry ration

185

Kultali


We had also made collections and distributed lungis, sarees, towels and other necessary items along with food packets in Kakdwip block.

Birla Cement Factory has provided 8,000 cement bags to PBKMS to use for embankment reconstruction. The bags will be utilized in Gosaba, Kulpi, Mathurapur 2, Kultali and Patharpratima for embankment reconstruction under the MGNREGA scheme.

We have sourced 2600 Kg Saline resistant paddy seeds for distribution in 5 blocks of South 24 Parganas (Mathurapur 1, Namkhana, Gosaba, Kultali, Patharpratima) and 5 blocks of North 24 Parganas (Hasnabad, Minakhan, Sandeshkhali 2, Basirhat 2, Nazet).

Bolpur Manav Zamin has provided us with 2000 kitchen garden seeds to be distributed to 2000 families in different blocks of North and South 24 Parganas who were trained by us to maintain organic kitchen gardens in their backyards, which were ruined by excessive rains, flood or the cyclone.

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