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INDIA: FAR FROM DELHI, ISLAND TSUNAMI SURVIVORS STILL SUFFER.
by Ann Ninan
NEW DELHI, Dec. 20, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Two years after the South Asian tsunami, survivors on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, about 1,200 kilometers east of mainland India, still live in temporary shelters, frustrated by apparent official indifference to their plight.
On Nov. 16, 2,000 women and men in Little Andaman, the fourth-largest of the 38-island group, were beaten by police during peaceful protests of the slow pace of rehabilitation and restoring their livelihoods.
On the mainland the government devised a policy framework, defined the objectives, provided direction for structuring the response and outlined broad delivery mechanisms, but that does not seem to have happened in the Andamans, said Anupama Muhuri of ActionAid India.
Tired of simply waiting for officials to keep their promises, tsunami survivors of Netaji Nagar and the main town of Hut Bay, which was destroyed, held separate meetings at the end of October to voice their concerns, and submitted a memorandum to the district administration.
The demands were mainly about shelter: that people be allowed to build permanent homes according to their own requirements, which would also be cheaper than the official estimated cost; and allowed to choose their own locations -- not sites like Janata Tekri, within 500 meters of the sea, which people are scared to move to.
When the government did not respond, a public meeting was held in front of the revenue office. More than 1,000 people participated. And a second memorandum was given to top officials, with a warning that if no action was taken in the next five days, people would go on hunger strike beginning Nov. 15.
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