Heavy rains lashed Tamil Nadu and other neighboring states in October.
As a result, many people had to evacuate their houses and move to
alternative places. But the worst affected were the people living in
thatched houses who lost their houses as well as their belongings. Some
people even lost their entire crop. AID Chennai volunteers helped
people shift to relief camps. They also provided food, children's
clothes and blankets to the needy. Health situation was grave as people
were prone to water-borne diseases. A health camp was organized in
Kallukuttai, where the water was neck-deep. To travel into the
habitation (which was fully flooded), volunteers and the doctor had to
travel by a thermacole raft! Volunteers conducted surveys to identify
the poorest people whose mud homes were damaged. The idea was to supply
basic materials so that the people can repair the damages themselves.
Vembakkam, Sulagiri, Bhuvanagiri, Koovathur and Chennai are the focus
areas that have been identified.
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Compiled By: Riputapan Singh, AID-Delhi
Contributed By: Balaji Sampath and Ravishankar, AID-Chennai
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