Help Needed for Displaced Indian Fishermen
As the deadly tsunami waves cross the South East and West shores of India more than 5,000 people are feared dead and thousands others displaced according to official sources.
According to news reports Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Tamil Nadu are the worst affected. In Tamil Nadu more than 2,400 people are reported dead while 3000 people have been killed in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Some unofficial sources have put the toll here to 10 000.
In Pondicherry, at least a 100 people are dead while 89 casualties have been reported from Andhra Pradesh. The toll in Kerala has touched 128.
Villages have been swept away leaving hundreds and thousands of people homeless.
Poor fishing communities are the worst affected. Those who escaped with their lives
have been left destitute by the lashing floods, which carried off their meagre
possessions. "As the waters retreated, bodies were left strewn across beaches,
among smashed boats, tangled nets and the remains of fishermen's shacks.
Among the dead was a group of 40 children who were playing cricket on the
beach when a giant wave swept them out to sea," reported The Telegraph.
Relief and rescue efforts are yet to reach many far-flunged areas of
Andaman & Nicobar.
Moreover the Meteorological office in Thiruvananthapuram has warned that fresh
tsunamis may develop and there is possibility of high tides in coastal areas of
Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
In this context Centre for Education and Communication (CEC), Jagori,
Other Media and Delhi Forum are calling a meeting on December 28,
2004 at 2.30 pm at Gandhi Peace Foundation, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg,
New Delhi. The meeting will discuss how could we provide support from Delhi.
Meanwhile the affected organization working in the affected costal areas
have requested relief.
The demand is for the following things:
A) Clothes
B) Common medicines and water purifying tablets
C) Baby food
D) Dry Food
The contact points in the affected areas through whom the relief could be distributed are:
M. Subbu
Tamil Maanila Kattida Thozilalar Sangham (TMKTS)
1, Cross ST (F.F.) Kilpauk Garden,
Chennai-600010
Ph: 91-44-26478386
Email: msubbu_cwbc@vsnl.net
T. Peter
National Fishworkers Forum
Velankanny Junction, Valiathura
Vallakadavu P.O.
Trivandrum - 695008
Ph: 91-471-2501376/2505216
Email: nff@vsnl.com
Jesurathinam, SNEHA, Nagapattinam
Tel: 91-4365-222907, 240622
Looking forward to your positive response.
Thanking you
Pallavi Mansingh
Programme Officer
Source : Aid India
According to news reports Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Tamil Nadu are the worst affected. In Tamil Nadu more than 2,400 people are reported dead while 3000 people have been killed in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Some unofficial sources have put the toll here to 10 000.
In Pondicherry, at least a 100 people are dead while 89 casualties have been reported from Andhra Pradesh. The toll in Kerala has touched 128.
Villages have been swept away leaving hundreds and thousands of people homeless.
Poor fishing communities are the worst affected. Those who escaped with their lives
have been left destitute by the lashing floods, which carried off their meagre
possessions. "As the waters retreated, bodies were left strewn across beaches,
among smashed boats, tangled nets and the remains of fishermen's shacks.
Among the dead was a group of 40 children who were playing cricket on the
beach when a giant wave swept them out to sea," reported The Telegraph.
Relief and rescue efforts are yet to reach many far-flunged areas of
Andaman & Nicobar.
Moreover the Meteorological office in Thiruvananthapuram has warned that fresh
tsunamis may develop and there is possibility of high tides in coastal areas of
Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
In this context Centre for Education and Communication (CEC), Jagori,
Other Media and Delhi Forum are calling a meeting on December 28,
2004 at 2.30 pm at Gandhi Peace Foundation, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg,
New Delhi. The meeting will discuss how could we provide support from Delhi.
Meanwhile the affected organization working in the affected costal areas
have requested relief.
The demand is for the following things:
A) Clothes
B) Common medicines and water purifying tablets
C) Baby food
D) Dry Food
The contact points in the affected areas through whom the relief could be distributed are:
M. Subbu
Tamil Maanila Kattida Thozilalar Sangham (TMKTS)
1, Cross ST (F.F.) Kilpauk Garden,
Chennai-600010
Ph: 91-44-26478386
Email: msubbu_cwbc@vsnl.net
T. Peter
National Fishworkers Forum
Velankanny Junction, Valiathura
Vallakadavu P.O.
Trivandrum - 695008
Ph: 91-471-2501376/2505216
Email: nff@vsnl.com
Jesurathinam, SNEHA, Nagapattinam
Tel: 91-4365-222907, 240622
Looking forward to your positive response.
Thanking you
Pallavi Mansingh
Programme Officer
Source : Aid India
Sridhar Mahadevan at 12/29/2004 10:19:00 AM |
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