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Villagers cry for relief
;Statesman News Service
KOLKATA, 27 MAY: A day after chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Union railway minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee, visited the Aila-hit areas in South 24-Parganas, the villagers were yet to recover from the aftereffects of the natural disaster.
The affected people, taking shelter in different relief camps across different parts of the district, complained that safe drinking water and medicines were not supplied to them. Reports of outbreak of water-borne diseases came in from places like Gosaba, Basanti, Patharprotima, Kultali and coastal parts of Joynagar block, but the district administration is yet to send medical teams and medicines in the worst affected areas.
Deaths of five more people, were reported today, thus taking the death toll to 32 people in the district.
The chief minister, on his visit to the affected areas on Tuesday, asked the state government officials, to work on war-footing, to provide food and safe drinking water to the affected people, taking shelter in different relief camps. But majority of the affected people, are yet to get safe drinking water. Mr Khalil Ahmed, district magistrate of South 24-Parganas, said that the distruct was reeling uner an acute crisis of drinking water, though they were trying their best to provide safe drinking water, to the people.
Mr Amhed, who was in Gosaba, supervising the relief work said, they have been able to provide safe drinking water in Basanti and Gosaba blocks, on Wednesday. A team of 18 doctors reached in the affected areas, to bring an awareness about the precautionary measures to the people and district officials have also been engaged in providing bleaching, zeoline tablets and ORS to them, he added.
Reports of people suffering from enteric came in from places like Petkulchand, Jamtala, Nimpith, Purba, Gurguria and Madhya Gurguria, under Gosaba block. All these areas are, still inundated with saline water.
Thousands of animal carcasses, scattered all over and emitting pungent odour, has made the situation worse for the people.
Mr Amhed said that the outbreak of enteric took place because people of those areas were consuming rotten fish, which were being made available at cheaper rates. ?We have urged them, not to consume fish and water from anywhere, other than those provided by the government officials. And several measures have been taken to meet the crisis of safe drinking water,? he added.
Damage control
The Trinamul Congress led Opposition today demanded that a special meeting be convened at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to hold discussions relating to the devastation caused by the cyclone Aila and the civic body?s failure to carry out relief operations across the city.
The demand for a special meeting was raised after proceedings at the monthly meeting (House) of the KMC came to an abrupt halt today. The Trinamul Congress led Opposition demanded that discussions be carried out on an adjournment motion regarding the civic body?s failure to provide relief to citizens affected by the devastation caused by the cyclone.
Leader of Opposition at KMC, Mr Javed Ahmed Khan, sought permission to raise an adjournment motion. However, the chairman, Mr Nirmal Mukherjee, shot down the proposal stating that since discussion on another adjournment motion was pending, Mr Khan?s motion was disallowed.
Calling the chairman?s decision to disallow the adjournment motion as ?partial and biased?, Trinamul councillors boycotted proceedings at the monthly meeting.
Bengal Plus
Villagers cry for relief
;Statesman News Service
KOLKATA, 27 MAY: A day after chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Union railway minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee, visited the Aila-hit areas in South 24-Parganas, the villagers were yet to recover from the aftereffects of the natural disaster.
The affected people, taking shelter in different relief camps across different parts of the district, complained that safe drinking water and medicines were not supplied to them. Reports of outbreak of water-borne diseases came in from places like Gosaba, Basanti, Patharprotima, Kultali and coastal parts of Joynagar block, but the district administration is yet to send medical teams and medicines in the worst affected areas.
Deaths of five more people, were reported today, thus taking the death toll to 32 people in the district.
The chief minister, on his visit to the affected areas on Tuesday, asked the state government officials, to work on war-footing, to provide food and safe drinking water to the affected people, taking shelter in different relief camps. But majority of the affected people, are yet to get safe drinking water. Mr Khalil Ahmed, district magistrate of South 24-Parganas, said that the distruct was reeling uner an acute crisis of drinking water, though they were trying their best to provide safe drinking water, to the people.
Mr Amhed, who was in Gosaba, supervising the relief work said, they have been able to provide safe drinking water in Basanti and Gosaba blocks, on Wednesday. A team of 18 doctors reached in the affected areas, to bring an awareness about the precautionary measures to the people and district officials have also been engaged in providing bleaching, zeoline tablets and ORS to them, he added.
Reports of people suffering from enteric came in from places like Petkulchand, Jamtala, Nimpith, Purba, Gurguria and Madhya Gurguria, under Gosaba block. All these areas are, still inundated with saline water.
Thousands of animal carcasses, scattered all over and emitting pungent odour, has made the situation worse for the people.
Mr Amhed said that the outbreak of enteric took place because people of those areas were consuming rotten fish, which were being made available at cheaper rates. ?We have urged them, not to consume fish and water from anywhere, other than those provided by the government officials. And several measures have been taken to meet the crisis of safe drinking water,? he added.
Damage control
The Trinamul Congress led Opposition today demanded that a special meeting be convened at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to hold discussions relating to the devastation caused by the cyclone Aila and the civic body?s failure to carry out relief operations across the city.
The demand for a special meeting was raised after proceedings at the monthly meeting (House) of the KMC came to an abrupt halt today. The Trinamul Congress led Opposition demanded that discussions be carried out on an adjournment motion regarding the civic body?s failure to provide relief to citizens affected by the devastation caused by the cyclone.
Leader of Opposition at KMC, Mr Javed Ahmed Khan, sought permission to raise an adjournment motion. However, the chairman, Mr Nirmal Mukherjee, shot down the proposal stating that since discussion on another adjournment motion was pending, Mr Khan?s motion was disallowed.
Calling the chairman?s decision to disallow the adjournment motion as ?partial and biased?, Trinamul councillors boycotted proceedings at the monthly meeting.
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