India is reeling under floods this monsoons. Nearly a hundred people are dead and several millions affected in Bihar. AID has received an urgent proposal to help with the flood relief by way of providing boats. The effort is being coordinated by Kamayani and Ashish -- AID volunteers from Milwaukee who have returned to Bihar.
The government's response has been woefully inadequate so far and while the centre has deployed the army it needs to increase their numbers much more. Please take a few minutes to sign the urgent petition
to ensure that state and central governments' response is rapidly
increased to match the scale of this disaster. Please circulate the
petition widely.
Association for India's Development (AID) volunteers are deeply saddened by loss to life and property caused by recent
terrorist acts in Ahmedabad and Bangalore. AID
strongly condemns the bomb blasts and hopes that the state and central
governments make a determined, honest and just effort to find the
perpetrators and take legal action. In this shocking time we pray for
peace and calm and
safety, especially in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
The Association for India's Development (AID) has approved two emergency grants totaling $20,000 to support relief efforts in the states of Orissa and West Bengal in India which have seen massive flooding the last 2 weeks due to heavy and incessant rains, with a death toll of nearly 100 and an affected population of over 10 lakh people in the region. AID is calling on all concerned to generously support its relief efforts in India by making specifically directed contributions to its relief fund.
The worst affected areas are the districts of Balasore, Mayurbhanj (Orissa), East and West Midnapore (West Bengal). Besides destroying homes, schools, Panchayat offices, electric and water supply, the floods have also wiped out livestock and crops in these areas, leaving the people abandoned. Lack of food, and potable water have also triggered off a wide range of epidemics and infectious diseases.
AID, working with AID-Orissa, Unnayan and Kajla Jan Kalyan Samiti, has reached out to several villages in the flood-affected areas, providing them with food, drinking water and relief materials. Medical camps have been set up to treat the affected. However they are still in dire need of funds for boats, food, water and relief materials. Read more on Orissa or West Bengal .
Kothuru villagers demand enquiry on NREG work after RTI is denied
Campaigns
June 27, 2008. Kothuru, District Srikakulam: Villagers march to Mandal Revenue Office to demand an enquiry into National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) work in their villages. In reponse to complaints from several villages, the Committee to Achieve Right to Work asked for Muster Rolls and Pay Orders from the Assistant Project Officer via a Right to Information (RTI) Application. She refused to accept the application People have written to to the NREGS Project Director and the Collector of Srikakulam District, and plan to hold workshops for villagers seeking just and accountable implementation of government programs like NREGA in their villages. Do you want to attend? Write to aid.hyd AT gmail.com. More pictures.
