EFFECT OF FLOODS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

In Anndhra Pradesh 11 districts are affected by floods. Among them five districts are worstly affected. They are Kurnool, Mahaboob Nagar , Guntur, Prakasam, kadapa. Total state wide 41 people were died.

Floods affected 30,000 Acres of cultivated land in Andhra Pradesh. Particularly in Kurnool district 27,000 hectares land has affected. Presently 26 urban colonies in kurnool town still under flood water .At Nandyal division Rs.5.5 Crore worth crop has been collapsed. Dalita wada of nandyal town totally damaged. Nearly six thousand people of daliths are shelterless. The folk of prakasam district are also facing the same problem.
In Guntur district nearly 887 hectares of cotton crop, 220 hectares of groundnut crop is drowned, another 1310 fertile fields are covered with sand.
State wide heavy rains damaged 942 irrigation sources, i.e. rivers, canals, tanks, ponds, check dams. Only at Nandyal division 100 tanks were breached. In Prakasam districts also most of the irrigation sources breached, which caused a lot of loss to commercial crops.

Electricity is also affected by floods. Officially Government has announced that 1453 connections were de-connected due to heavy rains. Particularly at Mahboob Nagar district Vanaparthi area roughly 40 tribal villages are in dark from past 4 nights.

Totally in Andhra Pradesh a loss of 47,059 livestock has taken place. Particularly at Guntur district 170 domestic and milching animals were dead which worth nearly Rs. 8.5 lakhs. It is in severe range in Kurnool and Mahaboob Nagar. It is necessary for us to take immediate precautions to save the remaining livestock because it is the main income source of poor like Dalits and Tribes.

· Weavers are also affected. Loom-pits are filled with flood water. Due to this rain the thread became unable to weave.
· At Kurnool town 2000 tanning families are affected by these floods. nearly 20,000 leathers which are ready for sale have affected by fungus due to rains.
· The rain water has wetted 2215 tons of cattle feed and it is dibbled. And most of the cattle sheds are also heavily damaged. Means these many poor people lost their livelihood.


Due to these heavy rains Andhra Pradesh state wide 1,87,201 houses are affected. Among them majority of houses belong to Dalit and Tribal families.
· In this 1,87,201 houses ,12,686 houses have washed out totally . this caused the tribe to scatter to different places.
· 1,56,909 houses are collapsed. They are not at all useful to reside, means these many families became houseless.
· 15,606 houses are partially damaged, means these houses are main with half covered roofs and walls. Means compulsory they should rebuild. From past 5 days 1,87,201 families are suffering from hunger.
· Particularly Gadwal division of Mahboob Nagar district 880 families became houseless and foodless. Most of these are poor Dalits.In this division 140 houses were washed out, 429 were collapsed.
· In this situation the first and foremost sufferers are children. Students in social welfare hostels of 5 districts have attacked by viral diseases. At least these children have parents who take care of them. But it is very horrible situation of 5,000 RBC students of Kurnool district, who have joined in this hostels recently. All these were street children.

ESTIMATION OF FLOOD REVIVE:

· In this connection to revive the loss of state an amount of Rs.492.25 is necessary to fulfill the damages. From these 205.65 crores are nessary to spend on restoring the roads for transportation.
· there is a necessity of Rs.61.41crores for irrigation sector like reconstruction of banks of ponds, cannals and tanks to stop the rain water flow into villages.
· To conduct health camps, to engage the staff and to take some primary, precautionary measures Rs.8.45crores is necessary.
· To restore and assist the fisherman community (for nets& boats etc) Rs.1.30crores are necessary as estimated by the Government.




· There is a necessity of Rs.4.69crores to rebuild the sheds of cattle and to restore the other livestock.
· At Panchyatraj Rs.108.77 crores are necessary to restore roads and others transport related in full structure to give a permanent solution.
· At municipal areas Rs.74.69 crores are necessary to clean and rebuild the sanitation sources.
· At rural areas most of the school compound walls and school buildings are collapsed. To revive this 13.07crores are necessary.
And to compensate the damages of agriculture and horticulture lands the Government estimated Rs2.71crores. Government is planning to provide subsidized seeds and fertilizers and pesticides.


All the above revive estimations done by Government is only up to the areas where People can reach in this flood situation. But there are more remote areas where Government hasn’t reached and hasn’t estimated. At such remote areas mostly Dalits and Tribes are living. Our Dalit Bahujan Front activists started to serve and help the people at such remote areas. And they are estimating the damages, losses caused by floods. But it is taking time to them to pass on the information due to continuous floods. This is for your kind information.

EFFECT OF FLOOD IN PRAKASAM DISTICT TOO,


Dear Madam/Sir,
As earlier we informed you that total Andhra Pradesh is worstly affected by
floods, still it is continuing the damage. Last night we got the information by
our DBF activists, that most of Prakasam District has been damaged due to
heavy rains.8 mandals are damaged fully and 34 are partially.

Numbers of the irrigation tank bunds in this district are damaged and
that water has flown into cultivated lands and villages. This caused the high
loss in crops like sesame crops, green gram crops, which are

totally damaged. The roads are also damaged and water is over flowing on
them which effected transportation. Nearly 1234 Houses are fully damaged
and nearly 400 houses are partially damaged in this district. The rain water
has sunk most of the colonies. Still water is standing over at colony houses,
which is causing inability to cook food and reside.

Only at Ongole town 13 urban colonies and 70 to 80 slums are still under water. They have to wade waist-deep water. This is leading to spreading of insects, mosquitoes and flies, which are causing epidemic diseases. This is for your kind information.

Korivi Vinay Kumar
Administrative Office
Dalit Bahujan Front
H.No.1-3-183/40/68/c-7,
First floor,Bank colony,
opp. To MCH play ground,
Gandhi Nagar,
Hyderabad-80.
Phone/Fax: 040-27546996
Email: korivi_vinay @yahoo.com
Korivivinay @gmail.com

Due to heavy rains hits the Many dalit,tribals daytoday life in Guntur district of Andhrapradesh. perticularly Guntur,Narsaraopet,Repalle revenue divisions worstly effected. Nearly 30 mandals were badly damaged by rains. many of dalits and fishermen were homeless.Official sources declares 617 houses were washed out of sudden floods. All are belongs to dalit community,meanwhile 1378 houses are fully, and 195 were partly damaged. After four days most of dalits and tribes particularly yanadis still under flood water.
There are 2472 houses were still under water sources conformed. Crops like cotton nearly 887 hectors,Groundnut 220 hectors were droned,another 1310 fertile feilds were covered with sand. officials estimated the agriculture loss nearly Rs.208.17 lakhs, Horticulture loss was estimated nearly Rs.1.45 lakhs. most of Banana,boppai,citras plants were damaged badly,yeilds were worstly hitted.perticularly 945 hectors of Flower gardens in 30 mandals were totally washed out due to heavy flood flow.It estimated heavy loss to marginal formers belongs to dalits.
Coastal area of repalle division most were Fisher men and yanadis were badly effected this situation.This is for your kind information.

korivi vinaya kumar
Dalit bahujan front

DBF is a socio Political movement in Andhra Pradesh,formed with gross root Dalit Activist, civil society organization and other like minded professionals.Core activities of DBF are• Promoting community leadership among Dalit BahujanCommunities• To Address the issue of Dalits, Tribals and Women of Dalit, Tribal and other marginalized communities.•And mainly protecting and promoting the Human Rightsof Dalits.Duty heavy rains and floods in Andhra Pradesh 5 to 6Districts (Kurnool, Mahaboobnagar, Anatapur, Prakasam, Guntur, Krishna) have been badly affected. No ofvillages has affected badly and some villages aretotally vanished. Some people have lost their lives,some are missing more became shelter less andsuffering with hungry and ill health from fast 5 days. The agriculture land has been worstly affected andmost of the people last their livelihood and livestocks.At Kurnool District Kunool, Nandyal, Adoni towns andthe other surrounding villages are worst- hit. Roughly 500 to 600 rural villages, 30 to 40 urban colony'shave been affected. At Srisailam dam the water levelhas been increased due to overflow of rivers and waterhas been flowed back. This case most of the urban colony's to sink in water where Dalits are residing.Still their houses are in flood water. They don't havefood and water from past 5 days. Roughly 1500 acreshas been damaged at Kurnool District Government has declared that 70,000 to 75,000 became shelter less 13died, 22 are missing, 6,000 houses are fully damaged,55,000 are partially damaged a loss of 40,000 hasaccrued, and the rivers, canals and roads are badly affected only at Kurnool district even High Ways arealso under water.Most of the effected people are from Dalit and Tribalfamilies who depend upon the daily wages. Thesesummer days they were registered with Employment Guarantee Scheme and are working. But due to suddenfloods they lost their lively hood daily wage which isfor total year. Now they are totally helpless.Particularly at Nandyal Division of Kurnool District1.5 core worth works have been stopped due to floods,means the daily wage labourers lost this amount.At Mahaboobnagar District Gadwal Division, Palnaduarea of Guntur, Nallamala forest area of Prakasam andKurnool which are under hilly areas and where the mostof Tribes particularly Chenchus and Yanadis are livingtotally lost their livelihood and shelter and theybecame helpless. These areas are located in remoteareas, where Government hasn't reached and neglectingthem. But our DBF folk reached those places andserving them. Government is also enumerating thesufferers they are supplying food, water and openedrelief camps but they are doing nominal work. Most of folk who affected by floods badly are Yanadis, Chenchus and Dalits. We have good, young & dynamicmanpower and we are expecting some more to serve. Itwill be very helpful to us if you join with us to give immediate support to 20 to 25 thousands of Dalits,Yanadi and Chenchu families who are totally affected.We are expecting the favorable answer from you as soonas possible because already the water diseases started to spread.Thanking youKORIVI VINAY KUMAR

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[sakya] 1 lakh Dalits and tribal Hindus embraced the Buddhist


Tens of thousands gathered at Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai on Sunday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism. More than 1 lakh Dalits and tribal Hindus embraced the Buddhist faith in what is considered the largest mass conversion in the country. (The Hindu, 28th May 2007)------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -----
MUMBAI: A place marked by and perhaps limited to the elite and the popular in Mumbai on Sunday witnessed nearly 1 lakh people from tiny pockets of Maharashtra come together for a mass religious conversion rally at the Mahalaxmi Race Course.
Around 4 lakh people attended the rally organised by the Republican Party of India to declare their support for this conversion on the golden jubilee year of Babasaheb Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism (Bauddha Dhamma Deeksha).
However, while mass support was more than obvious, the guests mentioned on the invitation card — Dalai Lama and Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh — did not attend citing different reasons.
NEW PATH: A Dalit woman taking part in a mass conversion ceremony in Mumbai on Sunday. About 1 lakh Dalits and tribals converted to Buddhism in one of the largest conversions in the country. At right, the new converts offer prayers at the ceremony.
A majority of the people who took the "Deeksha" were tribals and followers of Sahitya Akademi winner and Dalit writer Laxman Mane, who has been touring the State after converting to Buddhism in October 2006.
Laxman Mane said: "Thousands of people from 42 different nomadic tribes have embraced Buddhism." He said tribals did not follow Hinduism and so it could not be termed a move away from Hinduism.
However, he said it was a step taken to protest against the apathy of the Government towards the basic needs of these people.
Several monks were present on the dais to offer prayers and "Deeksha" for the thousands who converted. Buddhism does not believe in the Hindu gods, hierarchy and idol worship. Republican Party of India President Ramdas Athawale, who was chairman of the organising committee, informed people about the rules and regulations of the new religion.
People came in vans, buses, and cycles, on foot from all over Maharashtra. They were chanting "buddham sharnam gacchami," "dhammam sharnam gacchami," and other slogans in praise of Dr. Ambedkar and Gautam Buddha. The entire area was dotted with colourful flags.
Suresh Alavane said: "We are bauddhas. We have to come to see Laxman Mane and to attend this function from Pune. Dr. Ambedkar wanted this function on December 16 in 1956 on the same venue but unfortunately he passed away just 10 days before that. Now his dream has come true."
Followers of Dr. Ambedkar kept streaming in from gate no.1 at the racecourse from early afternoon till late in the evening. Police presence was minimal and the organisers kept announcing directions for the thousands of children, women and men to follow.
The new converts offer prayers at the ceremony.
Chunnu PrasadCentre for Political StudiesJawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi-67
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