Volunteers and doctors are going back and forth, unable to find a central coordinating agency. The relief apparatus is a shambles. Dealing with the authorities means only demoralization. Piles of clothes are dumped on the roads near Bachau and Bhuj. Food packets are thrown to hungry victims lining the highway for lack of a better system of distribution.
Warm blankets lie around waiting for a body to wrap.
The administration is patently clueless as to what to do with the endless supply of relief material flowing into Bhuj. The victims, homeless and lacking even an idea of what their future will be, look for signs of comfort or warmth. I don't have any clothes. He has lost his house and three grandchildren. After spending eight days trying to help the worst-affected areas, a team of rescue workers and doctors from Nagpur have decided to return home out of sheer hopelessness.