Last month #CycloneAmphan hit the #Sundarbans. Rebuilding lives will take years & new visions. Meanwhile, even the most #selfreliant residents are struggling w/o basics. Pls donate to DISHA dishaearth.org providing relief to islands most affected. Details below. DISHA is a small organisation with long term relationships in the #Sundarbans. In partnership with fishers union #DMF, volunteers are serving Sagar, Namkhana, Kakdwip, Kulpi, Goasaba & Hingalganj blocks. For more photographs of relief efforts, look at facebook.com/DISHA-EARTH-10…

The sky is cloudy, it might rain again in the #Sundarbans post #CycloneAmphan. There is an URGENT need for 5k tarpaulins & food in Sagar, Namkhana, Patharpratima, Kultali, Gosaba & Hingalgang @_YogendraYadav @MahuaMoitra @MamataOfficial @moefcc @TeestaSetalvad @timesofindia Residents are trying to rebuild homes, but with no drinking water in several blocks & breached embankments, it is crucial that relief reaches them immediately @SanctuaryAsia @ttindia @htTweets @AITCofficial @derekobrienmp @OxfamIndia @ActionAidIndia @PMOIndia @harsh_mander

#CycloneAmphan cracked Sundarban's lifelines: embankments. Why are these vital? Thread 👇Maybe we need to be more imaginative in how these lifelines and lives on the peripheries are reconstructed @moefcc @MamataOfficial @MahuaMoitra @India4Climate @UNEP @WWFINDIA @SanctuaryAsia This is a photo I took in 2017 when the concrete embankments post #CycloneAila had just been constructed. The #Embankment Reconstruction Project was allocated a whopping Rs 5,032 crore/ GBP 562 million funded by @WorldBank to build cement and block walls @sayantanbera

Got through to 5 friends in the #Sundarbans, only Jio SIMs seem to be working, IF the @PMCares, provide immediate relief to blocks that have been severely hit by #CycloneAmphan @MamataOfficial @AITCofficial @MahuaMoitra @ntca_india @WCCBHQ @moefcc @derekobrienmp Updates below Migrants not been able to send remittances for the past two months, several haven't returned, others will not be able to find work outside due to the lockdown to rebuild their lives. In the villages, roads have completely caved in; sweet water ponds have submerged.