AID has released $21,000 emergency relief support to BAIKUNTHAPUR TARUN SANGHA (BTS) a group we have worked with before. BTS will collaborate with MUKTI to take forward the relief work.

AID volunteer Somnath Mukeherjee has visited these groups and says of the remoteness of Sunderbans "Sankar told me that they have to spend Rs. 2 lakh (including transportation etc.) just to fill up one truck with relief material in Kolkata and send it to that part of the Sundarbans. It is a huge island where Mukti works and distribution is a big challenge."

Below is a note from BTS and Pictures from MUKTI:

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BTS Note:

Recently most of the remote parts of Sunderban have been badly hit by flood and cyclone,

Aaila. Most of the parts of Kultali, Patharpratima, Mathurapur-II & Gosaba have been
damaged severely. Houses, domestic animals, pond with fish, tubewells and crops have been
dangerously damaged. Many are homeless till date and some are rescued to a common
place. They are in need of releif supports like food grains, tarpaulins, blankets and
clothings….medicare measures etc. after which a long term development process is
requested for their proper rehabilitation and security of life including aged women and
children along with the domestic animals. Sources of safe drinking water and proper
arrangement of hygenic material just to avoid a severe contamination of drinking water are
needed to be taken care of .

We are sending you a fact sheet of flood victims so as to have kind support just to give them
temporary relief from the flooding situation…alongwith to give them a permanent selter
where they can live with there loving ones.