The immediate
requirements of the victims of Tsunami-hit Northern
and Eastern Districts are safe drinking water and
medicine. University students and people of the area
and Sri Lankan military and police personnel have
queued up to donate blood since Sunday. Blood has
been an urgent requirement to save lives of casualties.
Ambulances and Doctors from Colombo were dispatched
on the 26th to the Vavuniya General Hospital.
Since Sunday's tragedy Vavuniya Government
Agent K. Ganesh has been meeting officials to assess
the damage to life and property and the immediate
requirements of people displaced by the tidal waves.
International and local volunteer
organizations are now working with Government officials
and members of the LTTE's political wing to distribute
relief supplies. The Rehabilitation Ministry has sent
several loads of tents and bottled drinking water
to the North. It has been estimated that over 350,000
persons would need assistance and food for at least
the next 15 days. The requirement for the period would
be 2,000 MTs of rice, 320 MTs of Dhal and 160 MTs
of Sugar. Food stocks already available in the province
have been assessed.
2,000 MTs of sugar and 195 MTs of
dhal have been dispatched for distribution among the
victims in the five districts in the North and East
Provinces.
Jaffna District : 1,400
MTs of sugar and 130 MTs of Dhal
Mullativu District : 205
MTs of sugar and 25 MTs of Dhal
Kilinochchi District : 210
MTs of sugar and 30 MTs of Dhal
Mannar District : 78
MTs of sugar and 08 MTs of Dhal
Vavunia District : 46
MTs of sugar and 02 MTs of Dhal.
The Rehab Ministry has granted approval
for regional government officers to purchase rice
from areas close to affected districts. Additional
supplies of from Colombo will sent by road this week.
The UNHCR, UNICEF and ICRC are now assisting the authorities
in the relief efforts.
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