Immediate Relief Housing: Temperory shelters for housing.

Immediate Relief Housing: Temperory shelters for housing.
USA Contact: TA Varadan tavaradhan@yahoo.com

Report from local volunteers in the ground:

The most important need for now that is not being taken care of is temporary housing.

Thousands of homes have been lost, and the these people are having to sleep in the street.
All they are asking for is roof over their head and a restroom.

Meeting with Local Tahsildar and local govt to receive permits to build.
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(i) The project in kiLLai to build temporary housing will help about 100 families;
(ii) The request for temporary shelter was brought up in a meeting in which the local tahsildar and inspector etc. were present. They have let our field volunteers know that they will call them back re: approval in the next day or so.
(iii) Vedics is waiting for formal approval from the local tahslidar & inspector to begin the work
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01/01/2005
PS: We have received verbal approval, awaiting the written approval (next 8 hrs) to start the temperory housing construction. (Team led by Retd. Engineers)