Here is a photo feedback of the Jansahyog humanitarian relief supported by AID.  Foodgrains were provided to 110 adivasi (tribal) families of Akkalkua Tehsil, Maharshtra in the months of December 2007 and January 2008.   Each family was provided 2 quintals (200 Kg)  food-grains (Jowhar/makkai), 20 Kg pulses (urad/chana/chowli), 2 Kg salt and 1 Kg chilli powder (at a cost of about Rs 3 lakhs for 110 families).  The latest distribution coordinated by Suhas Kohlekar on behalf of Bombay Sarvodaya Friendship Center follows the one before Diwali, when  220 families were provided food grain relief (180 of them in Madhya Pradesh who were given wheat as food grain). 
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WHY DO THEY NEED FOODGRAIN RELIEF?

These families are yet to be rehabilitated by provision of alternate agricultural land, and their homes and farms have been submerged by the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada.  The food grain relief helps them survive while they move upwards in search of slopes to cultivate and pursue rehabilitation with the Government.   People have also sought the cheaper grains  via ration through government's Anthyodaya scheme in the past few months, though this has not reached all families and is insufficient.  Fishing nets provided to some families earlier by BSFC and Narmada Nav Nirman Abhiyan are also helping.

Villages covered in the latest food-grain distribution to 110 families with AID support:
Dhankhedi, Chimalkhedi, Bamni, Sindhuri, Danel, and Mukdhi villages of Akkalkua Tehsil, Nandurbar District, Maharashtra. These are tribal villages and each has several hamlets.

Rehabilitation still pending to over thousand families as per Government of Maharshtra's website.