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Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Never expected it to be so bad and prolonged to recover!

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

About an hour ago an exhausted looking young guy arrived back from Puri. The town is flooded still and they are trying to get generators for pumping out over the sea bund. No current still.

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Mr.Patro our senior supervisor is there – as he had gone on ‘holidays’ two days prior to the Cyclone – bit like you say ‘busman holiday’ Never expected it to be so bad and prolonged to recover! We have drawn emergency funds.

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

No patients are going begging and we are trying to restrict movement of those with ulcers to stop infection. We have ‘borrowed’ (credit) from a shop owner that we know well over the years and got 3 water filters. Firewood is one of the expensive items – irony when so many trees are down!.

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

We dont have staff to reach out to Berampur so we are just sending a man with funds to buy and yet another NGO there to distribute. Getting locals to participate is good but not easy when they are also having the same hassle as the people in the leprosy colony!  Any support any one can give would be appreciated as Leprosy Feeding programme has to go on for weeks.

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Phailin Cyclone Relief Fund India

Elephants at Muniguda

Forest officials are making frantic efforts to drive away a herd of elephants which sneaked into Muniguda forest range from Phulbani. For the last few days, the herd of 24 elephants has created a panic in the block by destroying crop and damaging houses.

According to the forest officials, the herd has divided into two groups. While one group of 11 elephants is staying in Chatikona panchyat of Bisamkatak block, the other group is staying in Muniguda

Elephants Foot Prints

Elephants Foot Prints

Elephants at New Hope Muniguda : The elephants have destroyed crops in Jamaraguda, Karadabandha, Ambodala and Bhairagada villages.

Since the elephants, who were staying in forest, have intruded into human habitations, the panicked tribal dare not go inside the forest. Meanwhile, DFO Ramani Ranjan Das has directed his staff to keep a vigil on the elephants. On Monday, the forest sleuths with the help of locals chased away one group of elephants by bursting crackers. Besides the forest guards, the tribal have been engaged to prevent the elephants from entering the villages during night. The New Hope India village is at the end of Jamaraguda village.

Elephants at Muniguda