ASSIGNMENT-03

MARUF BILLAH
ID: 1017282043
 Information About Loss Collected from Literature Review

SIDR 2007

Disaster
Effects (BDT
Million) Source
Sector Sub‐Sector Damage Losses Total
Housing 57,915 0 57,915
Transport 8,006 1,725 9,731

Infrastructure Electricity 576 359 935 Damage values supplied by electrical utility enterprises
Water and Sanitation 157 46 203 Bangladesh Water Development Board
Urban and Municipal 1,696 0 1,696
Water Resource Control 4,918 0 4,918
Agriculture 1,472 28,725 30,197
Industry 262 2,035 2,297 Data from DAE, DLS and DOF and World Bank staff
Productive Sectors
estimates.
Commerce 0 1,258 1,258
Tourism 0 65 65
Environment 420 0 420 Department of forest
Education Instutions 7,602
Physical Damage 16,882
Prompt physical morbidity 25,024
Damage Assessment done by the Construction and
Health Reduced nutrition 520,700 Maintenance Management Unit of the Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Emergency Procurement Done using HNPSP Fund 467,188
Field Medical Teams 24,723
 Information About Loss Collected from Literature Review

Flood 1998

Items Quantity Source

District Affected (no) 52

Thana Affected (no) 314
Death 1050
Highways and Roads (km) 15000
Embarnkments (km) 2000
Crops damage (ha) 1565390
DAE, MOA
Houses damage (no) 550000
Educational Institution Damage (no) 24000
Industrial units (no) 11000
Bridge and Culverts damage (no) 20500
Tubewells Damage (no) 300000
Agriculture (crore tk) 12652.33
 Direct Tangible Loss Ranking

Considering the loss within the scale of 1 to 5 as considering 1 for very low, 2 for low, 3 for moderate,4 for high and
5 for very high

Sector Sub‐Sector Flood 1998 Sidr 2007

Housing 5 3
Transport 5 4
Electricity 3 4
Infrastructure
Water and Sanitation 5 3
Urban and Municipal 4 3
Water Resource Control 3 4
Agriculture 5 3
Industry 4 2
Productive Sectors
Commerce 5 3
Tourism 2 5
Environment 3 5
Education Instutions 4 3
Physical Damage
Prompt physical morbidity

Health Reduced nutrition 4 2

Emergency Procurement Done using HNPSP Fund

Field Medical Teams
Total Ranking 52 44
Average Ranking 4 3

From the above table we can find that for flood 1998 it is high and for cyclone Sidr it is moderate.
 Severity Ranking
Considering the severity of hazard within the scale of 1 to 5 as considering 1 for very low, 2 for low, 3 for
moderate,4 for high and 5 for very high

Flood 1998 Sidr 2007 Flood 1998 Sidr 2007

District affected 52 12 5 3

Area affected 1,00,000 23,439 5 3

Death 1050 3406 3 5

Population affected 30,000,000 18,742,733 5 3

Duration 74 days 1 day 5 2

Total Rank 23 16

Average Ranking 5 3

From the above table we can find that for flood 1998 it is very high and for cyclone Sidr it is moderate.
 Flood 1998

Severity

SIDR 2007

Tangible Loss