Presentation by Disaster Management Department, Government of Bihar Central Assistance needed for Combating Situation arises due to Hailstorm and Unseasonal Rain (2015) Presentation by Disaster Management Department, Government of Bihar

Statistics and data (Target for Rabi Season 2014-15) Crop Target (Lakh hectare) Actual Covered Area (Lakh hectare) Wheat 23.5 23.20 Maize 4.25 4.24 Pulses 5.15 4.78 Oil seed crops 1.82 1.68 In month of Feb.-2015 cold waves swept certain parts of the state adversely affecting crops of pulses. In month of March and April Hailstorm and Unseasonal Heavy rains severely damaged the crops through out the states

Table 1: Week-wise Rainfall during the harvesting/sowing period Rabi/Garma 2014-15 Week Ended Actual (in mm) Normal (in mm) % Dep. 1st March to 4th March 6.0 2.1 185.7 5th March to 11th March 0.0 1.7 -100 12th March to 18th March 2.2 1.6 37.5 19th March to 25th March 3.0 26th March to 01st April 19.0 2.6 619 2nd April to 8th April 3.1 0.8 287.5 9th April to 15th April 8.5 389 Source: IMD, Patna

Table 2: Month-wise Rainfall during Rabi/Garma 2014-15 Actual (in MM) Normal Excess/Deficit (%) January 13.4 13.6 -1 February 1.6 9.7 -84 January + February 15.0 23.3 -55.3 March 27.4 10.4 165 1st March to 15th April 38.7 12.9 199 Source: IMD, Patna

Table 3: Excess Rainfall March & April, 2015 S. No District March 1st March to 15th April Normal Actual % Dep 1 Patna 9.8 18.2 86 10.8 22.6 109 2 Nalanda 9.1 15.0 65 10.2 28.3 177 3 Bhojpur 7.0 10.5 50 9.0 14.8 64 4 Buxer 6.9 - 7.6 5 Rohtas 9.5 12.6 32 11.5 39.5 243 6 Kaimur 10.7 35.1 205 7 Gaya 8.9 9.3 10.4 17.9 72 8 Jenahabad 7.1 5.1 -29 11.9 12.0 9 Arwal 5.4 15.4 186 6.3 349 10 Nawada 9.7 6.0 -38 10.6 9.2 -13 11 Aurangabad 8.0 15.3 91 9.6 29.7 209 12 Saran 8.8 28.9 228 10.1 34.0 237 13 Siwan 9.9 36.6 270 11.2 44.9 301 14 Gopalganj 7.3 38.0 421 318 15 Muzaffarpur 7.4 28.2 281 188 16 E. Champaran 55.0 587 9.4 485 17 W. Champaran 13.1 49.5 278 16.4 56.3 18 Sitamarhi 25.6 154 14.5 26.8 85 19 Sheohar 59.0 484 307

Contd…… Source : IMD, Patna S. No District March 1st March to 15th April 20 Vaishali 7.6 24.8 226 8.2 26.7 21 Darbhanga 13.0 41.2 217 16.4 58.8 259 22 Madhubani 10.2 31.3 207 14.5 41.9 189 23 Samastipur 11.7 37.3 218 47.9 230 24 Begusarai 13.2 39.0 195 14.2 78.3 452 25 Munger 19.6 92 12.3 59 26 Sheikhpura 8.3 33.4 302 9.3 37.2 299 27 Lakhisarai 31.1 205 241 28 Jamui 9.1 25.2 176 10.7 35.0 227 29 Khagaria 7.7 20.5 167 8.9 75.5 748 30 Bhagalpur 10.6 31.9 200 85.3 501 31 Banka 10.4 -11 26.8 84 32 Saharsa 13.1 -1 18.5 25.0 35 33 Supaul 56.5 331 16.0 73.0 356 34 Madhepura 12.7 19.0 50 17.1 21.3 Purnea 13.5 32.0 137 18.8 35.5 89 36 Araria 43.9 168 22.2 45.7 106 37 Kisanganj 18.6 53.5 187 26.5 55.1 108 38 Katihar 10.0 17.7 77 29.5 118   Total/Avg. 27.4 165 12.9 38.7 199 Source : IMD, Patna

Table 4: Temperature Chart Sl. Name of District January February No. of days temp. below 50 No. of days temp. below 70 1 Patna 4 - 2 Nalanda 3 Bhojpur Buxer 7 5 Rohtas 6 Kaimur 13 Gaya 8 Jenahabad 9 Arwal 10 Nawada 11 Aurangabad 12 Saran Siwan 14 Gopalganj 15 Muzaffarpur 16 E. Champaran 17 W. Champaran 18 Sitamarhi 19 Sheohar

Contd…….. 38 Katihar Sl. Name of District January February No. of days temp. below 50 No. of days temp. below 70 20 Vaishali 2 4 - 21 Darbhanga 3 22 Madhubani 1 23 Samastipur 6 24 Begusarai 7 11 25 Munger 26 Sheikhpura 27 Lakhisarai 28 Jamui 29 Khagaria 30 Bhagalpur 5 31 Banka 32 Saharsa 33 Supaul 34 Madhepura 35 Purnea 36 Araria 37 Kisanganj 38 Katihar

Adversely affected Rabi crops (Due to cold wave, hailstorm and unseasonal rainfall) Temperature below normal and frost due to cold wave in month of January and February have caused substantial damage to winter crops. Standing crops of Wheat, Maize, Lentil, Gram and other seasonal and perennial crops in their flowering stage were adversely affected . In month of March rain fall was 27.4 mm against normal 10.4 mm; 165% excess rainfall During March up to 15 April 37 out of 38 district experience surplus rainfall. In Khagaria district 748% excess rainfall recorded. Excess rainfall with hailstorm through out the state adversely affected and reduce the yield of rabi crops due to soil moisture and lodging of standing crops of wheat and maize. Standing crops on both irrigated and rainfed areas substantially affected due to unexpected situation in crucial month March and April. Matured grains of the un harvested crops reduced in size with blackish colour.

Table 7: District wise information regarding area sown in Rabi, Total affected area, >33% crop loss S.No. Name of district Total Area sown in Rabi (in 000' hect.) Total agricultural area affected (in 000 ha.) Affected area (000 ha) >33% crop loss (in ha.) 1 2 3 4 5 Patna 111.36 35.25 26.43 Nalanda 131.21 55.71 46.83 Bhojpur 110.30 45.70 37.56 Buxer 92.50 60.54 52.91 Rohtash 161.21 77.88 66.64 6 Bhabhua(Revised) 84.64 84.32 80.00 7 Gaya 103.67 30.57 23.53 8 Jahanabad 39.97 5.36 1.16 9 Arwal 23.39 2.75 0.33 10 Nawada 66.66 2.04 0.03 11 Aurangabad 96.44 56.44 50.88 12 Saran 126.00 86.36 80.32 13 Siwan 117.25 108.25 102.12 14 Gopalgunj 109.32 82.75 73.39 15 Muzaffarpur 119.61 95.36 85.86 16 E.Champaran 128.58 125.58 124.62 17 W.Champaran 92.00 56.83 46.84 18 Sitamarhi 72.98 45.15 35.41 19 Sheohar 26.64 24.82 23.73

Contd…. S.No. Name of district Total Area sown in Rabi (in 000' hect.) Total agricultural area affected (in 000 ha.) Affected area (000 ha) >33% crop loss (in ha.) 20 Vaishali 84.57 52.33 48.15 21 Darbhanga 91.00 68.26 62.56 22 Madhubani 110.59 92.43 86.17 23 Samastipur 166.05 92.87 56.86 24 Begusarai 112.62 56.64 53.09 25 Munger 31.60 16.42 10.04 26 Sheikhpura 32.69 15.65 11.57 27 Lakhisarai 43.10 8.62 4.01 28 Jamui 24.85 15.95 12.93 29 Khagaria 90.04 56.42 50.14 30 Bhagalpur 87.78 64.67 46.99 31 Banka 47.22 26.53 23.66 32 Saharsa 117.60 36.69 33.69 33 Supaul 75.34 30.56 26.08 34 Madhepura 86.00 35.68 30.70 35 Purnia 106.17 56.45 51.48 36 Kishanganj(Revised) 39.62 18.66 15.17 37 Araria 118.89 50.55 35.25 38 Katihar 90.71 5.02 4.09 Total 3370.15 1882.04 1621.22

Central Assistance Required (For damaged crops) Assistance required as per revised SDRF/NDRF norms- Subsidy to those farmers who have suffered crop damage over 33% Input subsidy rate is Rs. 6800/ha. for rain-fed areas and Rs. 13500/ha. for irrigated area. Rs. 18000/ha. for perennial crops Subsidy will be provided up to 2 hectares of damaged area, but minimum amount Rs. 1000 for Rabi crops and Rs. 2000 for perennial crops. Assistance Required For small and marginal farmers an amount of Rs 1728.3579 crore. For farmers other than small and marginal, an amount of Rs 312.4426 Crore. Total amount for agriculture input subsidy would be Rs 1728.3579/ crore + Rs 312.4426/ crore = Rs 2040. 8005 crore Contd….

Assistance Required for ex-gratia to be paid to the dependants of deceased Total person died due to lightening and wall collapse = 20 As per old SDRF/NDRF norms dependents of 20 deceased persons would be entitled to an ex-gratia @ 1.50 lakhs, total 30 lakhs. Total Central Assistance Required  Requirement of total Central Assistance would be: (Rs 2040.8005 crore +Rs 30 lakh) = Rs 2041.1005 crore or say, Rs 2041.10 crore or 204110 lakh.

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