WRITINGS ON TSUNAMI

Tsunami relief: understanding the fisherfolk

 

Tsunami pictures

Some pictures of Tsunami affected places in India

Update on Tsunami Victims- Need for Tamil speaking voluneteers

 

Tsunami Relief for Dalits

Help URGENTLY required for the affected dalit communities at Nagapattinam

This is the second in a three-part series of special articles for The Hindu.

mitav Ghosh, renowned novelist, discovers the difference between the diligent and open attitude of the armed forces, and the bureaucratic insensitivity and inertia of the civilian administration in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Findi ng an unexpected seat on a flight to Car Nicobar, he encounters the Director and his extraordinary story. This is the second in a three-part series of special articles for The Hindu.

Overlapping faults

Amitav Ghosh, the internationally renowned novelist, visited the Andaman and Nicobar Islands recently to see for himself how the system and ordinary people have coped with the devastation caused by the tsunami of December 26. This is the fi rst in a three-part series of special articles for The Hindu.

RELIEF DISTRIBUTION IN KARIKAL AND NAGAPATTINAM

As part of the citizens’ initiative a team, consisting of members from Citizens Imitative and Chennai has been in Nagapattinam and Karaikal from the 29th of December onwards. The basic team, comprising about 4-5 people from Bangalore and Chennai, played the role of identifying the needs in various villages besides liaising with local groups. Many other volunteers from Bangalore and Chennai have been extending crucial support in terms of volunteering and raising resources.

FOOD SECURITY IN TSUNAMI AFFECTED VILLAGES

A month after the tsunami, and most of the relief camps has been closed. The Government relief has been officially stopped and its talk is of rehabilitation. The relief that poured in immediately after the tragedy has all but dried up. Yet on 24th January 2005, the villagers of Keelavanchor blocked the road between Nagapattinam and Karaikal to highlight the need for continued relief until livelihoods are restored.

Relief and rehabilitation of tsunami-affected persons in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry

A Small Note by Revathi, Niruj, Deepu and Clifton

RELIEF DISTRIBUTION IN KARIKAL AND NAGAPATTINAM

As part of the citizens’ initiative a team, consisting of members from Citizens Imitative and Chennai has been in Nagapattinam and Karaikal from the 29th of December onwards. The basic team, comprising about 4-5 people from Bangalore and Chennai, played the role of identifying the needs in various villages besides liaising with local groups. Many other volunteers from Bangalore and Chennai have been extending crucial support in terms of volunteering and raising resources.

Position paper

the draft paper on food security in the tsunami affected villages . The plans on how to take foward the grievous issue of of food scarcity particularly among Dalit and adivasi communities is pasted below.

Dalith-Tsunami

Close to a month after the devastating tsunami struck the coastal districts of Andhra, Pondicherry, Kerala and particularly Tamil Nadu, there is an urgent need to evaluate the nature of relief and rehabilitation. Is relief and rehabilitation moving smoothly ensuring succour and restoring some degree of normalcy to all those who were so tragically affected