NGOs toiling hard to aid Aila victims

GOSABA - UNICEF and several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have plunged headlong to supplement the government relief operations in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, which was the worst hit by cyclone Aila last month.

Cyclone Aila devastates Sundarbans

GOSABA - The aftermath of devastating cyclone Aila that ravaged large parts of the West Bengal delta May 25 could cause lasting ecological damage to the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, experts fear.

Not possible to repair all embankments hit by Aila: Bengal minister

GOSABA - A day before the full moon high tide coming close on the heels of the devastation caused by Cyclone Aila, the West Bengal government has admitted that it would be unable to repair a large part of the 400 km of damaged embankments in the mangrove-forested delta of the Sundarbans.

Sundarbans residents vote happily in home islands

GOSABA - Ashok Mondal of Jamespur village walked 45 minutes to reach his polling station Wednesday. He was happy he didn’t have to travel hours by boat instead, as officials set up a polling station in his island in the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world.