Concern over aid delivery


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 09 Jan 2005

AS billions of dollars continue to pour into the countries devastated by the Asian tsunami two weeks ago, the pertinent question that is being asked now is whether the money is being well spent. 

Some survivors of the world’s greatest natural disaster believe that it is not. There is no proper coordination and, hence, badly affected areas and isolated islands are not getting the emergency aid. 

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