The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh also visited the slums to promise help. More was needed and Oxfam, which has an office in the city, acted and is now working with its local partner NGO's to co-ordinate the relief and rehabilitation programme. They called everyone together and formed 'The Hyderabad Flood Relief Co-ordination Committee'. 4000 families in the slums have been identified as the most needy for immediate relief in terms of supply of food, utensils clothing and bed sheets Special attention is being taken to help lactating mothers and children. Clothes spread out to dry on the wreckage of the slum houses.
Residents are reluctant to leave their ruined house in case they loose their tenorial rights.
The problems of the capital are of great concern, but monsoon rains have also affected rural and coastal areas to the East and South of the city. Thousands of communities have been affected with crops, roads, houses destroyed and livestock lost. Oxfam's long term rural development programmes and their partners are now assisting in this emergency. In Andhra Pradesh Oxfam is providing practical help and is working with our development partners to build sustainable communities able to face future challenges. Sarojinamma needs our immediate help but we will also seek to ensure that her right to live in a decent house is upheld.