The President directed that all Government Agents of the stricken districts be allocated Rs 10 million each for immediate relief efforts. The districts of Jaffna, Mullativu, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya in the North and Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara in East were granted a total of Rs 70 million. All GAs in their capacity as Competent Authorities were empowered to expend these monies according to the needs of the people affected by Sunday's tidal disaster.

Large stocks of sugar dhal and other essential requirements have already been dispatched to the North and East from Colombo, while the total requirements of rice will be purchased locally.

UN agencies including UNHCR, UNICEF, FAO and the ICRC are assisting the government in its relief efforts in the North and East.

On the day the tragedy occurred (Sunday 26th December), Doctors and ambulances were sent to Vavuniya. A greater part of the medical supplies received and foreign Doctors from India, Russia, France and Israel will be sent to the North and East on Wednesday 29th morning. The other districts will also be supplemented with the medical aid now being received from overseas, while some of the foreign Doctors will be assigned to those areas.

Requests from the LTTE Development Secretariat for assistance are being met by the government. Parliamentarians of the North and East are also assisting the authorities with the relief efforts. University students, local residents as well as Sri Lankan military and police personnel are donating blood for casualties in the North.