Tsunami - Facts & Figures

THE TOLL
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INDIA
9,682 (Official figure)
Andaman and Nicobar: Dead: 900 Missing: 6,010 (Dead: Car Nicobar: 336, Great Nicobar: 102)
Andhra Pradesh: Dead: 105 Missing: 11 (Dead: Nellore: 20, Guntur: 12)
Kerala: Dead: 170 Missing: - (Dead: Kollam: 130, Allappuzha: 35)
Tamil Nadu: Dead: 7,921 Missing: - (Dead: Nagapattinam: 6,023, Cuddalore: 606)
Pondicherry: Dead: 579 Missing: 86

OTHER COUNTRIES

Indonesia 94,081 Many coastal villages wiped out
Sri Lanka 30,500 Thousands missing
Thailand 5,200 Half the dead are foreigners
Maldives 82 About 12,500 displaced
Malaysia 68 Scores of people swept from Penang
Burma 64 WFP estimates a much higher toll
Somalia 300 About 50,000 displaced
Tanzania 10 About 50,000 displaced


THE FINANCIAL LOSS (INDIA)
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The Centre puts the preliminary estimate of the total loss for Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Pondicherry at: Rs 5,322.05 crore
Final death toll as on Jan 6: 9,682

STATEWISE LOSSES
Tamil Nadu: Rs 2,730.70 crore,
Andhra: Rs 720.73 crore,
Kerala: Rs 1,358.62 crore
Pondicherry: Rs 512 crore
Andaman and Nicobar: Rs 2,500 crore

RELIEF MATERIAL MOVEMENT FROM THE CENTRE
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Food items 1,189.82 MT
Water 368.48 MT
Emergency medicines 83.78 MT
Tentage 281.45 MT
Clothing 201.34 MT
Lighting material 30.45 MT
Equipment & Machinery 827.18 MT
Household items 61.40 MT

MEDICAL TEAMS DEPLOYED
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Specialised medical intervention teams: 148
Disaster response teams: 2,126
Disaster volunteer teams: 100

ASSISTANCE FROM STATES
Relief material
Karnataka 133.59 MT
Maharashtra 79.2 MT
Orissa 55.7 MT
West Bengal 111.20 MT
Delhi 112.50 MT
Madhya Pradesh 7.0 MT

AIRCRAFTS IN USE
IL-76, AN-32, Blue Dart Aircraft, Alliance Aircraft, AVRO, M-I8, MI-17


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INDIA ASSISTANCE TO OTHER COUNTRIES
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MALDIVES

Funding: An estimated Rs 5 crore for rehabilitation assistance
Tanker and hydrographic survey vessels with water purification facility sent to Male
One Avro and one Dornier sent for search operations
1,000 PVC water canisters sent
Four aircrafts delivered six tonnes of food material to Male. Two naval vessels also reached Male with a supply tanker of 3,000 MT.

SRI LANKA

Four naval vessels with seven helicopters have reached Trincomalee and Galle with relief and rescue material and medical teams

Six Mi-17s and one IL-76 reached Colombo with 20MT of food, medicine and clothing
Several medical teams sent to remote areas; relief camps set up
800 doctors, relief workers working in the country
Navy and army medical teams set up field hospitals at Trincomalee, Galle and Hambantota
35 tonnes of dry provisions and relief supplies sent
Helping clear harbours. Indian naval ships and offshore patrol vessels have reached Sri Lanka.

INDONESIA

Indian navy hospital ship sent to Aceh
Another naval ship, INS Khukri, sent from Chennai with relief material such as tents, blankets, emergency rations and emergency medical supplies
THAILAND

Composite relief package of half-a-million dollars decided
Relief material such as tents, blankets, emergency rations and emergency medicines sent


source : Outlook India (www.outlookindia.com)