Update from Asit Biswas from Help Tourism1. With support from our partner Samarpan Foundation a team of Doctors along with a consignment of essential medicines left for Bali Island today. They will hold medical camps in Bali and adjoining Islands for next few days to attend the medical problems and diseases erupted in the aftermath of Cyclone Aila.
2. A second team will follow after three days.
3. With financial support from our Partner WPSI couple of pump sets has been already made available in Bali and other Islands for pumping the stranded saline water out from the village ponds and fields.
4. No further inundation is reported with the end of the spring tide on last Sunday. The next tide is expected from 22nd June.
5. The accumulation of saline water due to the tides and breaching of embankments followed by the contamination has given unprecedented rise to the mosquito population which in turn might spread infectious diseases in the Islands. Medical teams sent by Indian Army, government departments and NGOs have reached many Islands today although Relief and medical teams have not yet set foot in many interior areas. People there complained that the relief support was reaching to the bank of the Island only and not to the interior villages. There is unconfirmed report of five Diarrhea deaths in Satjelia Island.
6. Few defunct tube wells have already been repaired in some villages. Sunderbans Development Board has started to erect new ones as well.
For Cyclone Aila 2009 Support Group
Asit Biswas, Calcutta, India.
8th June 2009
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