CTC Chennai Flood Relief Survey - Unreached Areas/Neighbourhoods

Survey Results so far:

So far we surveyed 30 areas / neighbourhoods in and around the city where no relief has reached yet. Many relief materials entering the city don't know where to go or end up in the same well known places / main roads / interior city.

Yesterday night I personally visited various areas South of the Chembarambakkam lake which were badly hit by the floods and some still partly under water and access is difficult (roads damaged, flowing water). We found 300 poor families near Palanthandalam (Anna Nagar) and 250 families near Somangalam (MGR Nagar) which are still on the roads unable to return to their flooded homes. No relief is reaching to these interior areas away from the main roads or city outskirts. We badly need more volunteers to get onto their bike/car and help us in reaching out to those in need:

Step 1 - Check which areas have been surveyed already -tinyurl.com/floodsurveyresults
Step 2 - Pick one area for your survey - tinyurl.com/ctcfloodmap
Step 3 - Submit your survey results - tinyurl.com/ctcfloodsurvey

It's important that you go to the interior areas, away from the main roads, talk to local people and police to find out affected, poor neighbourhoods where no relief has reached yet.

Our CTC Relief Center coordinators are directing relief materials to the surveyed areas and will keep the sheet updated. Anyone other individuals/NGOs directing relief materials please let us know so we can keep the status up to date - Email peter.vangeit@gmail.com or Call/SMS/Whatsapp 9600004509

Volunteers Needed:
We NEED VOLUNTEERS to go out in the field beyond the main roads and known city areas deeper into the more remote flood affected areas, city outskirts to find out the relief requirements near low lying areas, lakes, rivers, flooded areas. Sufficient relief materials and volunteers for segregation/distribution are available in the city but we NEED to identify the lesser known neighbourhoods that are in real need.

We need your help to visit any of the 140 areas listed below with your vehicle, go deeper inside the sub-areas / smaller streets ./ neighborhoods, talk to local community to assess if any relief has reached and if not, what are the urgent requirements. Identify the type of materials, quantity, number of families affected, extent of flooding, etc. and submit your survey in the form below.
Do NOT fill in this form based on forwarded messages. We will contact you in person to get more details on your field survey.

Chennai Survey Map:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z0hZDpPdFTbM.knuMpemO1xHc&usp=sharing

Sample Survey:

To provide relief through CTC:

As water levels have receded (initial rescue efforts over) and overwhelming immediate relief (ready-to-eat food and water) is flowing into the city,Chennai Trekking Club is directing its relief efforts to the next stage towards recovery of flood affected families. We are putting family relief kits consisting of:

* clothes: sarees, lungis
* non-perishable food items: rice, pulses, sugar, salt
* basic cutlery: plates, tumblers, vessel, tea filter
* night: bed sheets, sleeping mat, torch, candles
* hygiene: towel, napkins, soap/shampoo, mosquito repellent/coil

We welcome people to contribute above materials or donate to our CTC relief fund: tinyurl.com/ctcflooddonate. Final distribution center of materials is Jaigopal Garodia National Higher Seconday School near East Tambaram. Contacts: Masu 9940630985 Prasanna 9994816896 Vinoth 9791013343

Please share with your friends,
Peter

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Peter

Chennai Trekking Club

www.chennaitrekkers.org