Disaster Management

The entire coastal belt of A.P. is more prone to floods at times, the same area is subjected to floods and drought situation in successive seasons or years.

It is, therefore, of paramount importance that a plan of action for dealing with contingencies that arise in the wake of natural calamities is formulated and periodically updated.

Tsunami of 2004 has affected a number of villages in seven districts of Andhra Pradesh badly. Most of the small fishing businesses have been obliterated. These communities have been shattered for the second time in 2005 due to cyclones/floods. People in these villages are primarily tribals, STs and BC's and depend on fishing in the back waters of pulicat lake for their livelihood. Being located right on the border of the two states of Andhra pradesh and Tamilnadu, these villages have been ignored by both the state governments.

Following Tsunami in Dec 2004, SIDUR partnered with the local ngo's in the rehabilitation of 82 villages cover in six districts of East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore.

Our Strategy envisaged the following things
Livelihood Restoration in the affected areas
Establishing distribution systems
Caring for children
Post-trauma counseling
Restoring livelihoods