TRO to assist Trincomalee flood victims

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 18 December 2002, 18:21 GMT]
The Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) Wednesday said it would distribute dry rations to flood victims in the Trincomalee district. "Already our support organization, Social Economic Development Consortium (SEDC) has started collecting details of the flood affected families in the district from Muttur to Kantalai areas," said Mr.K.Mathavarajah, Co-ordinating Secretary of the TRO in Trincomalee district.

Each affected person will be given two kg of rice, 1 kg flour, ½ kg Sugar and ½ kg dhal. All dry rations would be distributed through co-operative societies in the respective areas. "We would be re-imbursing the expenses to respective co-operative societies, " Mr.Mathavarajah said.