Migrant workers from various states of India and from distant villages in Nepal commute to Himalayas for the seasonal road construction and maintenance work. They remain vulnerable to the extreme weather and suffer from lack of resources and services.
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| Site of cloudburst |
Rain water and mudslides gushed down the mountain slopes causing severe damage. 11 households (50 people) in the migrant worker camp were affected. They lost their belonging. The road access was temporarily cut-off.
Pragya (www.pragya.org) has been implementing “DMS Himalaya”, with the aim of improving disaster management processes in the Himalayan region. DMS Himalaya is being piloted across 4 districts in Uttarakhand, India (Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Pithoragarh and Rudraprayag). As part of this initiative, Pragya has installed a network of 80 weather stations across these districts. As per observations from weather station installed at DMS Himalaya Cluster Malari, the area was on high alert for heavy rainfall.
Pragya has set up District Disaster Management Support Units (DDMSU) with dedicated human resource and ICT equipment for coordinating pre-disaster preparedness and post-disaster relief activities. The DDMSU team located at Joshimath, reached the migrant labour camp and conducted rapid damage and needs assessment. The families were in severe distress. Mr. Premchand Bahadur had lost his wife and fifteen month old child. In another family, Ms. Laxmi Devi had lost her child who was two years old. Based on the assessment, Pragya team provided food, blankets, medical kits and hygiene kits to affected community and psychosocial support to the people in-need.
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| Pragya team reached out with emergency relief supplies |
Pragya has set up District Disaster Management Support Units (DDMSU) with dedicated human resource and ICT equipment for coordinating pre-disaster preparedness and post-disaster relief activities. The DDMSU team located at Joshimath, reached the migrant labour camp and conducted rapid damage and needs assessment. The families were in severe distress. Mr. Premchand Bahadur had lost his wife and fifteen month old child. In another family, Ms. Laxmi Devi had lost her child who was two years old. Based on the assessment, Pragya team provided food, blankets, medical kits and hygiene kits to affected community and psychosocial support to the people in-need.
