Cuddalore takes a lead in tsunami reconstruction - NIDM

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Rs.74 crore has been utilised from the World Bank and Rs.89 crore from Asian Development Bank CHENNAI: Over the last two years, Tamil Nadu has been busy picking up the pieces and rebuilding societies devastated by the tsunami. Though there is no report card at the end of these two years, there have been some successes, some drawbacks and certainly, lessons to learn. The waves that smashed several coastal districts — Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Tuticorin, Ramanathapuram, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Pudukottai and Villupuram — left at least 8,000 dead. Over 10 lakh people were directly or indirectly affected. It is said the largest number of 370 villages affected were located along the vast Tamil Nadu coast. Several of these habitations were flattened; those who were fortunate to live had lost close relatives, their homes, boats and all belongings. The relief work started swiftly, but the challenges of rehabilitation, short-term and longterm, proved great. Shelter and habitat development formed a large part of the tasks, with 91 of the total buildings damaged being schools. The entire communities had to be rebuilt from scratch; water sanitation and hygiene had to be ensured for all. Educational infrastructure had to be rebuilt. The affected, especially children, had to be given counselling. To get the economy moving again, the means of livelihood — fishing and allied trades, agriculture and horticulture — had to be restored; disaster management systems had to be put in place. At the same time, sustainable development had to be ensured. Tasks that, by their scale and diversity, could not be performed by the Government alone. When helpwas solicited, assistance — incash and kind — poured in, with local, national and international non-governmental organisations pitching in. According to C.V.Shankar, Officer on Special Duty, Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation, the State government, with the assistance of the Centre, has provided from its coffers Rs. 784.5 crore. About Rs.74 crore has been utilised from World Bank funding and Rs.89 crore from the Asian Development Bank. 8
As it takes stock, the Government says that 35 per cent of the primary task of providing shelters is complete. A bulk of the work — establishing physical connectivity and better schools, providing water and sanitation to all and making sure the communities are ready to face disasters — is yet to be completed. Since development is a continuous process, the tasks must continue and sustained attention should be paid to the rebuilding process. Rs.1,079 cr. spent for tsunami relief and rehabilitation: Collector Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Online edition of India's National Newspaper, Tuesday, Dec 26, 2006 Nagapattinam: Nearly Rs.1,079 crore has been spent by the Government, non- Governmental organisations (NGOs) and through financial assistance from World Bank and Asian Development Bank for carrying out tsunami relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in the last two years in the district, said the Collector, Tenkasi S. Jawahar, here on Monday. Talking to presspersons on the eve of the second anniversary of tsunami disaster that claimed 6,065 lives in the coastal areas covering the five taluks of Sirkazhi, Tharangampadi, Nagapattinam, Kilvelur and Vedaranyam, the Collector said that about 4,000 permanent houses would be handed over to the tsunami victims during the ensuing Pongal festival. He said that more than 2,000 permanent houses had already been handed over to the affected persons in the district. Mr. Jawahar pointed out that it was decided to construct 18,634 permanent houses in 76 locations in the district of which about 6,000 houses had so far been constructed and the remaining under various stages of construction. Forty-eight NGOs have been entrusted with the task of constructing 16,829 houses and 1,805 houses would be built by the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (1,020 houses) and through the Rajiv Gandhi Tsunami Relief Package Fund (785 houses), he said. The Collector said that the NGOs had already provided relief to the tsunami victims, including free supply of more than 2,500 new fibreglass boats with engines and fishing nets, to the tune of Rs.79 crore. The NGOs were now spending nearly Rs.354 crore for various rehabilitation works, including construction of permanent houses for the tsunamihit families in the district. The district got assistance, including Rs.101 crore from the World Bank, Rs.152 crore from the Asian Development Bank, Rs.192 crore from the Central Reserve Fund for tsunami reconstruction activities in the district. He pointed out that the district administration had acquired about 603 acres of land (private, temple, Government poromboke and donated lands) at a cost of Rs.30 crore and provided to the NGOs free of cost for construction of permanent houses in 79 locations in the district. Second anniversary of tsunami to be observed in Nagapattinam 9
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