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NGOs take up Tk 105 cr rehabilitation plan
Thirtyfive non-governmental organisations have chalked out a Taka 105 crore post-cyclone rehabilitation plan for the battered coastal belt, reports UNB.
The programme is follow up of Taka 59 crore emergency relief operation carried out by 55 NGOs in the cyclone-hit zone, said executives at a press conference in Dhaka Sunday.
AD AB arranged the news conference at its central office to apprise the press of the post-cyclone relief and rehabilitation activities already carried out and to be taken up by its members.
The Association President, llazl Faruque Ahmed, General Secretary Khwja Shamsul Huda. Executive Committee members Jeffry Perera. Khushl Kabir. Dr Mahmud Hasan. Tahera Yasmin and a Swedish voluntary worker. Ms. Agnetha Henkel, addressed the conference.
Jeffry Perera, who is Director of Caritas, a major non-government organisation, explained priorities of the NGO-sponsord rehabilitation programme.
Construction of coastal embankment. house building, construction of multi-purpose cyclone shelters, building killas'. sinking tubewells, afforestation. supply of agricultural input and fishing equipment are in the priority list
NGOs would propose to the government to allow fixed -were radio stations for smooth pre and post-cyclone activities. Perera told reporters, referring to an "acute" problem of reaching timely warning to remote islands.
Underlining requirements of more cyclone shelters, he announced NGOs had planned construction of 250 multipurpose arrow-shaped shelters, each liaving the capacity of accommodating about 2.000
people
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NGOs will also mist in VOD (Vulnerable Group Develop ment) programme of the government In the coming months, he said.
Rehabilitation tn profession of the cyclone-battered people is (he need of the Iio or. and NGOs will do everything possible. the Caritas Director said
Referring to his organise tions' activities In agriculture rehabilitation, he said 50.000 packages, each weighting 270 grams, of vegetable seeds and 2000 metric tons of salinity-resistant paddy seed had al ready been distributed
Pumping out contaminated water from 20.000 ponds in
the eye lone-affected areas was also part of the NGO relief drive after the April 29 havoc.
Mangrove afforestation in the coastal belt and offshore islands will be another top priority in the rehabilitation programme of NGOs. and donors are being attracted to fund the programme. Perera sakl
About coordination of relief activities. ADAB President Kazi Faruque Ahmed said both NGO NGO and NGO govern -
nation had been "excellent" this time.
Elaborating on the volume of NGO relief. Khawja Shamsul Huda pointed out that 25 lakh affected people were beneflt-ted by it.
A 12-minute video programme on the extent of damage was screened.