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Facts And Figures

How it happened, the toll, Indian assistance to other countries, relief material movement, medical teams deployed, assistance from states, aircrafts in use.

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Facts And Figures
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HOW IT HAPPENED

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(Stress build as one plate pushes down the other)

1. A massive earthquake takes place off the coast of Indonesia as two tectonic plates—the India Plate and the Burma Plate—rub against each other. About 1,200 km of the latter gets snapped off.

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(Movement forces vertical displacement of water)

2. The Burma plate snaps, causing a massive displacement of water in the Indian Ocean. The waves, moving as fast as 800 km/h, spread out in all directions. In the deep ocean, the tsunami waves are very long, but they slow down and gain height as they hit shallow waters near the shores.

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THE TOLL
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

Indonesia94,081Many coastal villages wiped out
Sri Lanka30,500Thousands missing
Thailand5,200Half the dead are foreigners
Maldives82About 12,500 displaced
Malaysia68Scores of people swept from Penang
Burma64WFP estimates a much higher toll
Somalia300About 50,000 displaced
Tanzania10About 50,000 displaced

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THE FINANCIAL LOSS (INDIA)

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

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RELIEF MATERIAL MOVEMENT FROM THE CENTRE

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
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

INDIA ASSISTANCE TO OTHER COUNTRIES

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.

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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
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