Revisiting Navalady

[TamilNet, Friday, 04 February 2005, 23:03 GMT]
Navalady, located between the Batticaloa lagoon and the sea, is one of the villages completely destroyed by the sea on Boxing Day. Navalady village used to be the home of 475 families containing 1890 individuals. Today, Navalady is a land of tombs.
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Annai Poopathy memorial hall destroyed by waves in Navalady.
Kandasamy Yogathas, 42 year old fisherman from Navalady wipes his tears, as he tells that he would have saved his two daughters from tsunami if he hadn't gone to the sea on December 26th. He went to deep waters at 5 am on that day and when he returned at 11 am his loved ones were gone.
Kandasamy Yogathas wishes to return to Navalady and resettle even if he has to start from scratch in makeshift hut, rather than wait for handouts in a welfare camp.
Kandasamy Yogathas explains how Navalady looked beautiful and how prosperous it was before tsunami. He says he knows only fishing and although he is afraid to go out to the sea, he has no other option.
Kandasamy Yogathas wife Ithayaviji cries as she looks at her daughter's photograph at Methodist Central College welfare camp in Batticaloa.
Battered identity card of a fisherman
A skull in Navalady, a remnant from tsunami's toll on human life
Relatives and friends who lost their loved ones remembered them on 26th January, by lighting lamps in Navalady. Small mud lamps and sarees serve as poignant reminder of the tragedy in Navalady.
A poster of a missing boy, Anoj Srirajan, displayed in Methodist Central College welfare camp in Batticaloa.
A little girl looks at a Police Relief Service in Methodist Central College welfare camp.
Special Task Force (STF) soldier on duty at Methodist Central College welfare camp.
Two tourists from India capturing Navalady beach scenes.
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Annai Poopathy memorial hall destroyed by waves in Navalady.
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Kandasamy Yogathas, 42 year old fisherman from Navalady wipes his tears, as he tells that he would have saved his two daughters from tsunami if he hadn't gone to the sea on December 26th. He went to deep waters at 5 am on that day and when he returned at 11 am his loved ones were gone.
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Kandasamy Yogathas wishes to return to Navalady and resettle even if he has to start from scratch in makeshift hut, rather than wait for handouts in a welfare camp.
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Kandasamy Yogathas explains how Navalady looked beautiful and how prosperous it was before tsunami. He says he knows only fishing and although he is afraid to go out to the sea, he has no other option.
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Kandasamy Yogathas wife Ithayaviji cries as she looks at her daughter's photograph at Methodist Central College welfare camp in Batticaloa.
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Battered identity card of a fisherman
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A skull in Navalady, a remnant from tsunami's toll on human life
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Relatives and friends who lost their loved ones remembered them on 26th January, by lighting lamps in Navalady. Small mud lamps and sarees serve as poignant reminder of the tragedy in Navalady.
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A poster of a missing boy, Anoj Srirajan, displayed in Methodist Central College welfare camp in Batticaloa.
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A little girl looks at a Police Relief Service in Methodist Central College welfare camp.
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Special Task Force (STF) soldier on duty at Methodist Central College welfare camp.
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Two tourists from India capturing Navalady beach scenes.


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