Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Sri Lanka: Vanni Emergency OCHA Situation Report No. 2

This situation report covers the period from 27 to 28 April 2009. The next report will be issued on or around 29 April.

I. Highlights

- 30 metric tons of food were ferried yesterday by the ICRC to the conflict zone.

- ICRC was planning to evacuate 481 people from the conflict zone today and additional evacuations are planned for Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 April. Since February, ICRC has evacuated by ferry 10,000 civilians from the Vanni, 50% of whom were injured.

- The Competent Authority (CA), appointed by the Government to coordinate all relief efforts on behalf displaced civilians, has announced that the authorities will not send any more IDPs to Menik Farm zone 2 for the next ten days. Read more ...

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