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| S Asia floods trigger aid effort |
| Governments and aid agencies are stepping up efforts to help millions of people affected by devastating floods in South Asia.
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| INDIA
, 4-August-2007
3:5:45 AM |
| The charity Save the Children has launched an appeal for donations amid warnings of food and medical shortages.
Almost 200 people have died in some of the worst floods to hit northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal in years.
In Nepal, the situation is beginning to improve, with floodwaters receding and clean-up operations under way.
But across the region entire villages have been marooned, with countless communities cut off from dry food and clean drinking water.
Air drops
The BBC's South Asia correspondent, Damian Grammaticas, says governments in India and Bangladesh are trying to deliver supplies, but many areas cannot even be reached by boat, so air drops are the only way.
See map of the region
The United Nations children's fund Unicef says the sheer scale of the problem poses an unprecedented challenge.
"Shelter, access to fresh water, food, emergency medical supplies and basic household items are urgently required - especially given the loss of infrastructure including basic health units and hospitals," it said in a statement.
Save the Children launched an appeal for cash to help "children and their families whose lives have been turned upside down by the flooding".
"Homes have been swept away, water supplies have been contaminated and they are exposed to the dangers of water-borne diseases."
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