{"id":84,"date":"2005-01-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-10-01T20:26:49","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T20:26:49","slug":"tsunami-recovery-to-take-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ado-world.com\/en\/tsunami-recovery-to-take-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsunami recovery &#8216;to take years&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><BR><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #4900dc; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Tsumi-BBC<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Areas hit by the Asian tsunami could take up to 10 years to recover, the UN secretary general has warned. <BR>Kofi Annan spoke of the &#8220;sheer complexity&#8221; of the relief effort, which is spread across a dozen nations. <BR>Aid supplies are piling up in regional warehouses, but in some places, heavy rain has provided an extra obstacle to delivering them to outlying areas. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n<p><img src=http:\/\/www.ado-world.com\/en\/images\/news\/zilzal-asia-14.jpg align=right><\/p>\n<p><P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Mr Annan will travel to <\/SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Indonesia<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> on 6 January to take part in a meeting of world leaders to discuss further aid. <BR>In other developments: <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<UL type=disc><br \/>\n<LI class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">US Secretary of State Colin Powell and President George W Bush&#8217;s brother Jeb head for <\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Thailand<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> and <\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Indonesia<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> later on Sunday as part of an American delegation to see the devastation at first-hand <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">The United Nations says $2bn has now been raised in aid for the victims, including up to $500m in emergency assistance pledged by <\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Japan<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Aid supplies have been air-dropped onto all of the Andaman and <\/SPAN><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Nicobar islands<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">, according to the military commander in charge of relief operations, after strong criticism from survivors that aid was slow to arrive <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Flash flooding in <\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Sri Lanka<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> is hampering aid distribution and increasing the risk of disease <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">US Navy helicopters bring relief supplies to <\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Indonesia<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">&#8216;s Aceh province from an offshore aircraft carrier. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><!-- S IANC --><A name=text><\/A><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"><!-- E IANC -->Survivors are still emerging from the ruins left by the huge quake-triggered waves, which struck a week ago. <BR>At least 124,000 people have been confirmed dead around the rim of the <\/SPAN><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Indian Ocean<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">, with Aceh in <\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Indonesia<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> worst-hit. <BR>The UN has warned the final death toll is likely to be more than 150,000 &#8211; and may never be known. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><!-- S ILIN --><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/asia-pacific\/4140563.stm#map#map\"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial\">Map of affected countries and their death tolls<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial\"> <\/SPAN><\/A><\/SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"><BR>Colin Powell will travel to <\/SPAN><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Asia<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> accompanied by Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the president&#8217;s brother, who has dealt with the aftermath of several powerful hurricanes in his state in recent months. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Clusters of survivors<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> <BR>In <\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Indonesia<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">, aid is finally being distributed, but only in small quantities, says the BBC&#8217;s Jonathan Head in Aceh. <BR>US military helicopters have visited remote areas to distribute aid. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">However, a spokesman for the UN&#8217;s World Food Programme said that in some coastal villages outside Banda Aceh, helicopter crews had to throw food and other supplies to the ground after desperate mobs prevented them from landing. <BR>The aid operation in Aceh remains without a visible strong leadership. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">In this sensitive region &#8211; scene of a long-running conflict between <\/SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Jakarta<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> and separatist rebels &#8211; the government is unwilling to allow the <\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">US<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> military unfettered access, says our correspondent, and there are few UN personnel on the ground. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">But speedy, well-led and co-ordinated action is crucial to save the isolated clusters of survivors spotted on the Sumatran coast and islands, who may have spent a week without food and clean water. <BR>In <\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Sri Lanka<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">, heavy rains have brought flash flooding, cutting off parts of the east and south-east of the island and seriously disrupting aid distribution. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Fears of an outbreak of waterborne disease among the hundreds of thousands of people thought to be flocking to emergency camps are high. <BR>There are similar fears in Aceh, where heavy rains have also hit. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">But there have been amazing stories of survival. The Indonesian Red Cross is reported to have dug a man out from under the ruins of a house in the provincial capital Banda Aceh after hearing his cries for help. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">And on <\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">India<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">&#8216;s remote Andaman and <\/SPAN><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Nicobar Islands<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">, a woman who escaped the killer waves gave birth in the forest, AP news agency reported. She named her son Tsunami. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">The Indian army says planes have managed to drop supplies of food and water to all the inhabited islands in the remote chain, some of which are only a short distance from the epicentre of last Sunday&#8217;s earthquake. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">The military commander in charge of the relief effort, Gen B S Thakur, said the most remote locations had now been reached. <BR>Six thousand people are officially listed as dead or missing on the islands, while at least 10,000 more are thought to be unaccounted for. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">Donations soar<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> <BR>The UN&#8217;s relief co-ordinator Jan Egeland said the $2bn in aid promised so far, pledged by 40 countries, was more than all the donations made to the UN&#8217;s other humanitarian appeals in 2004 put together. <BR>&#8220;The international compassion has never been like this,&#8221; Mr Egeland said. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">He said the aid effort would focus on feeding one million Indonesians and 700,000 Sri Lankans for months to come. <BR>&#8220;The biggest constraints are the logistical bottlenecks,&#8221; he told reporters at UN headquarters in <\/SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">New York<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly\"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\">&#8220;We need to make small, damaged airstrips some of the busiest airports in the world.&#8221; <BR style=\"mso-special-character: line-break\"><BR style=\"mso-special-character: line-break\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style=\"WIDTH: 312pt; mso-cellspacing: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm\" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=416 border=0><br \/>\n<TBODY><br \/>\n<TR style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes\"><br \/>\n<TD style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; BACKGROUND: #eeeedd; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; 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COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"> (inc Andaman and Nicobar Is): 9,067<BR><B>4.<\/B> <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\">Thailand: 4,812 <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: #ffffff; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #ffffff; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ffffff; WIDTH: 7.5pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ffffff; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" width=10><br \/>\n<P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><v:shape id=_x0000_i1026 style=\"WIDTH: 7.5pt; HEIGHT: 0.75pt\" type=\"#_x0000_t75\" alt=\"\"><v:imagedata o:href=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/shared\/img\/o.gif\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\\DOCUME~1\\George\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msohtml1\\01\\clip_image002.gif\"><\/v:imagedata><\/v:shape><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/TD><br \/>\n<TD style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: #ffffff; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #ffffff; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; 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Kofi Annan spoke of the &#8220;sheer complexity&#8221; of the relief effort, which is spread across a dozen nations. 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