RECOVERY AT A GLANCE

HUMAN TOLL

• Number of fatalities: 9,330. (Source: Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs Report, May 25, 2005.)

• Number of people missing: 3,077. (Source: Situation Report, No.32-5/2004-NDM-Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs.)

• Number of people displaced: 647,599. (Source: Situation Report, No.32-5/2004-NDM-Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs.)

IMPACT ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

• 75 percent of the fatalities were women and children.

• 787 women became widows and 480 children were orphaned. (Source for all figures: Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs Report, May 25, 2005).

DAMAGES AND LOSSES

• An estimated 1,089 villages were affected in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

• An estimated 157,393 houses were destroyed.

• Approximately 730,000 individuals were forced to leave their homes.

• 83,788 boats were damaged or destroyed.

• 31,755 livestock were lost.

• 39,035 hectares of cropped area was damaged. (Source for all figures: Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs Report, May 25, 2005.)

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

• Total estimated value of damages: $2.56 billion.

• Total estimated needs for long-term recovery: $2.1 billion.

• Total funds secured for long-term recovery: $2.18 billion. (The Indian government’s portion of these funds amounts to an estimated $1.38 billion. Total international donor pledges to India’s recovery amount to approximately $800 million.) (Source: Government of India, June 2005. Includes estimates for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as well as assistance to the shipping industry.)