Human Interest Stories My two sisters and a brother with their families missing
| CASA contributes to the Himachal Pradesh Dist.Disaster Management Plan, Kullu |
We are pleased to inform you that CASA has substantially contributed to the recently published District Disaster Management plan jointly prepared by Kullu District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Himachal Pradesh . To read the said document please click here or on the Himachal Pradesh Government website http://hpkullu.nic.in/disaster/DDMP-2011.pdf . In the document you can see the contribution of our apex PAT unit CSK (Chetna Samiti Kullu) in Kullu, local CASA unit and Mountain Forum Himalayas (an effort of CASA in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand) in preparing this district disaster management plan and a separate chapter dedicated to CASA’s PROPOSAL OF DISASTER YOUTH VOLUNTEER on page 197. You can also see Chapter – 6.3, Resource plan, Page – 40-42, where special emphasis has been given in emergency situations, to adhere to the principles of “DO NO HARM’, which is a key approach of CASA’s Local Capacities for Peace (LCP).
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| My two sisters and a brother with their families missing |
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Ashok Paswas was in Punjab, when he got the shocking news of flood from his Bother- in – law, Prabhu Paswan. ‘I called Ashok to tell him that his wife and children are safe and no whereabouts of his sisters and brother and their families’ says Prabhu. When Ashok reached Bihar he wanted to rush to Chattapur village in Supaul district, where his sisters lived. I walked and swam to reach a place few kilometres away from Chatapur only to see that Kosi has taken its new course over Chattapur and many other villages, leaving no sign of life; my sisters and brother also had four children each like me, I don’t know what happened to them?’ mourns Ashok. Ashok Paswan with his family lives in CASA relief camp in Bhelwa, just hoping that his sisters and bother with their family is not dead in the floods. Helping displaced people find their relatives and villagers would be one of the most challenging post-flood work that awaits government and other organisations. Since there is no database of people in various relief camps available, it is more difficult to trace the missing families and individuals. CASA has prepared detailed list of members in each of its relief camps. CASA has asked Govt to facilitate a centralised database, where details of people from all the relief camps can be accessed to locate the missing people. This would also tell the world why CASA declared ‘Bihar flood’ as worse than Tsunami disaster. In Tsunami majority of the dead bodies came to shore for the world to see the intensity of the disaster; whereas here in Bihar, the furious Kosi took people and send them all to Bay of Bengal via Ganges! The world is yet to accept the intensity of the catastrophe!!!
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