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| Monsoons, chaos hamper Sri Lankan aid effort |
| 2005-01-03 |
| The head of World Vision Australia says heavy monsoonal rain and a lack of coordination by authorities are hampering relief efforts in parts of Sri Lanka hit by the tsunami. Reverend Tim Costello has returned to Australia after touring some of the affected areas of Sri Lanka and says only small amounts of aid are getting through. "Roads that are absolutely choked, often with sightseers or even people taking private aid, now with monsoonal rains being cut off again," he said. "Most extraordinarily I guess [is] just the chaos and lack of coordination of the Government. "The Government has lost many prominent people - the death notices in the papers about prominent elite in Sri Lanka and in Government who've died has meant that they've been a bit paralysed also." Reverend Costello says the Sri Lankan Government has been in shock but is beginning to ramp up its relief efforts. |
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