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January 15, 2007 by Bahu Virupaksha
The tsunami that devastated the Indian Ocean region on December 26, 2004 left in its wake a trail of destruction and death. In Sri Lanka and Souther India maore than 100,000 people were killed and most of them happened to be poor fisher folks living on the sea shore. Soon after the Tsunami the region was overwhelmed with help. Nearly 5 billion dollars worth of aid flowed into the tsunami affected region. Yet the relief and rehabilitation remains incomplete. Less than 25% of the houes destroye...