Plight of Am contila victiinues unabated

Staff Correspondent, Khulna:

Most of the Aila survivors have lost their houses and other belonging in the cyclone and taken refuge on the embankment in Kayra Upazilla.

The cyclone victim once received taka 3,000 per head from the Government to repair their houses. But that amount was spent meeting their daily needs.

Some of the men and women are engaged in repairing the damaged dam and are getting a small daily allowance. But the old are unable to join this work and are mainly starving.

Ayesha, a mother of two children, who left her parents two years ago, said she could not join the dam repairing work due to old age.

Initially there were some aid from NGOs and the government for the victims. Now the flow of aid has suddenly stopped, though the fact of victims did not improve.

Most of the survivors now fish in the river to earn a little livelihood as there is no effective rehabilitation programme for them. The sufferings of the survivors increased further as the government is running no relief work or rehabilitation program now.

A large number of people have already migrated elsewhere with the hope of a job. Every day more people are leaving the area.