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আরিল
a life devoted to inclusiveness, imagination, curiosity and engagement. i love people, our environment and the world.
me and rahil reached chittagong at 2pm today. weather is calm and fine, most of the water has subsided in the city areas.
after being told about the three-four worst affected areas, we started towards khushumbag, khulshi. as we got closer, we found ourselves moving on roads of sand, sand sand sand everywhere. trucks were being filled by sand to clean up the roads. we were quickly guided towards the accident spot, and had to walk through mud and water the last 100 meters.
a big chunk of the hill had fallen down, around 10am in the morning 11th june. seven people died here. a small crowd was busy talking to a few visitors, but no organised help had started yet.
were five houses had hosted poor, but happy and smiling families, only a large sand filled area remained, surrounded by half broken houses. clothes, beds and other belongings saved from the mud was spread around to dry up. some people wanted to talk to us, others were sitting quietly staring empty in front of them.
we were introduced to humayun, a 21 year old boy. strong, beautiful, but with an uncertain future. his mother died. his 4 years old brother and 2 years old sister died. his two other brothers, 12 and 15, were in chittagong medical, the younger with bad injuries, cut up by the tin sheets and bricks crashing upon them. his father alive, but out trying to collect enough money for the treatment of his two sons.
one of his neighbours is in hospital, in coma due to loss of blood. ab+, a difficult blood group to find donors for. if they could get blood for him he could survive, if not, he would leave behind his wife and their little baby who was pulled out from the mud and saved through a frantic effort by her mother.
they were in need of everything, a new home, clothes, food, medicine, money for covering medical treatment.
we didn't leave any money or promises with them, we observed and left with a heavy heart, but took with us humayun to go to chittagong medical hospital to see his brothers. at least we could give our time and care.
in the hospital, his 15 year old brother was lying alone, he had a wound in his foot but would be released today. however, the wound in his heart was far bigger, he knew that he would never get his mother and younger siblings back, ever. how could we help, except talk with him, and tell him that as he loved his mother, and that his mother would see him every day from the place she would be now, he should build himself to be the man his mother would like him to become... that is tough to tell a 15 year old, who knows that there will be no more mother to hold him, hug him or call his name, ever again.
upstairs, his 12 year old brother was suffering in pain. he had wounds and cuts on his neck, hands, chest and a badly injured back. he only knew that he was there, he still didn't know that maa would not be there for him when he comes home, and that there is no home to come back to. who will tell him that? soon he would have to know.
in the bed besides him was his neighbour, in coma and breathing heavily. thick bandages covered his crushed leg, and cuts were seen many places on his body. his wife was sitting beside him, feeding their little daughter. the daughter cried, the wife had a strong face accepting fate, but praying that her husband would survive, if they only could find blood, and if only the doctors would give some attention.
we stayed some time, talked with them and tried in our poor ways to give them some comforting words and promising to come back tomorrow, just as well wishers.
we found that aid may be more needed in the hospitals, for the badly injured and for those who’s lives was hanging in a thin thread. aid would be useful for those who have lost everything, but what better help is there than to ensure that people are kept alive? these people were families of ferri wallas. the were definitely not on the priority list for the medical attendants, though the few staff checked in on them every now and then. on request from the wife, we went to see the doctor to request him to ensure proper treatment of her husband. an interference and re-shuffling priorities for other perhaps, but at least the doctor came and did a new check up and gave us a smile and a promise to do his best.
out of the hospital, darkness had already come creeping in, and we didn't go to other places. we will go to lebu bagan tomorrow morning, and continue from there.
now where do we stand as bloggers and as a community? we believe that the best thing we can do now is to inform you and let you spread the word. that we meet the chittagong bloggers who are here and those of you who will come from dhaka tomorrow to discuss further efforts. where are you chittagong bloggers? please call us on 01711 525200! lets meet up tomorrow.
the blog community can stand united and mobilise both your online and offline networks, to help some of the affected people. they will need help for a long time. we will see humayun tomorrow, but who will see him next week, next month and next year. can he take the place of his mother for his younger brothers? will he be able to build them to be the men their mother wanted them to become? that is what the blog community can do here through giving time, advice and small help to the many humayuns which are out there among the land slide victims and the victims of disasters to come.
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+৬/-০২| ১৩ ই জুন, ২০০৭ রাত ৮:০৮
আবদুর রাজ্জাক শিপন বলেছেন: I feel very sad in depth of my heart.
keep it up Aril .
thanks a lot once again.
৩| ১৩ ই জুন, ২০০৭ রাত ৮:২২
তারেক রহিম বলেছেন: thanks arild. i have lots of friends (non-bloggers) studying there at CMC. i am having contact with them. i hope they will take care of those patients..
yes, u r right. The pain inside of them because of loosing their dear ones is much heavier than they look in appearance. May God be with them. Godbless us all
৪| ১৩ ই জুন, ২০০৭ রাত ৮:২৩
র্দশক বলেছেন: It is very sad, indeed! I am from Chittagong, but say that now i am out of country. I salute yr effort as human, as a Bangladeshi and as a blogger.
Plz try include in your report if you guyz face any problem.
Plz keep us informed. Keep the good work up!
৫| ১৩ ই জুন, ২০০৭ রাত ৮:২৪
র্দশক বলেছেন: *sorry to say that
oopps
৬| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ রাত ১:০৭
নাজিরুল হক বলেছেন: Its a memorible day for chittagong & all bangladesh. I pray to them Allmighty God send them to heven.
Thanks for this mankind job.
৭| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ রাত ৩:৫১
ধূসর ছায়া বলেছেন:
৮| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ ভোর ৪:৩৮
ধূসর ছায়া বলেছেন: ধন্যবাদ । চেষ্টা করে যাচ্ছি ফান্ড রাইজিংয়ে । ২০ জুন পর চট্টলা যাবো ।
৯| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ সকাল ৭:৩০
রাগিব বলেছেন: Dear somewherein team in Ctg,
Can you please send one or two photos to ragibhasan AT gmail dot com? I'm looking for any photos of the disaster sites to add to the Wikipedia articles. If you have any photos, please email it to me.
Thanks
Ragib
১০| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ সকাল ৯:১৮
নাতাশা হুসাইন বলেছেন: মন খারাপ করা
১১| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ সকাল ১০:০৫
সাদিক মোহাম্মদ আলম বলেছেন: Dear Aril,
thanks for the update.
Just to update you on my side of fund collection, its still in the prelimary stage and so far unto this morning (14th June) we've got approximately 29,000 (+) BD taka.
i am yet to knock some places from where i am expecting response.
now once the fund is collected and i was thinking whom to direct this fund? now after reading ur post, on second thought i feel that those who are under medical care and at the same time lost immediate family members ... may be they are the most vulnerable. they are mentaly, emotionaly traumatized and at the same time without any financial support.
so i guess even in 1 week we can direct this fund for those who need medical care.
pls let me know what you think and how this money be best utilized. we surely want to make sure these money, which are earned by people with hard labour abroad and sent with love be spent with the utmost care and wisdom.
১২| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ সকাল ১১:৪০
শাহানা বলেছেন: পরবর্তীতে আমরা ক্ষতিগ্রস্থদের কাজ খুজে দেয়ার চেষ্টা করতে পারি। এজন্য আমাদের জানতে হবে, পরিবারের আয়ের জন্য ওরা কি করতো এবং এখন কি করার ক্ষমতা আছে।
We can get info, what was the family business or profession of those victims who lost their parents or main earning person. On basis of that we can try to find work for them, later on.
১৩| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ দুপুর ১২:৩৬
নাজিরুল হক বলেছেন: I suport 100% @ Shahana.
Its also one kind of help to victim.
১৪| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ দুপুর ২:০০
আরিল বলেছেন: update from chittagong. we went to chittagong medical at 10 am in the hope of getting some positive news about the man in coma. we were hoping to see a more hopeful wife again envisioning that there would be a future.
our hopes were crushed when we met our friend and younger brother humayun at the gate. his neighbour, the man in coma, expired last night, eight hours after we visited. yesterday his daughter had a father, today she doesn't. does she have a future? can we be there to give her a future?
we have also visited lebu bagan in the cantonment. 40 people died here. 39 dead bodies has been dug out of the mud. 50 fire fighters and army men where digging and flushing water to was away the enormous volumes of sand and mud. they were looking for the last victim, nurjahan begum. up in the hillside, a young girl, fahinoor (14 years) were sitting, staring at the workers digging. "will they not find my mother?" she asked before she broke down in tears.
there are many fahinoors, many humayans. we are just trying to find them and get their story. perhaps we need to focus hard, on those families who has lost their source of income. for them a hard future is ahead, if any.
১৫| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ দুপুর ২:১৮
মনের কথা বলেছেন: আমাদের রাজ্যের দার্জিলিং জেলার কার্শিয়াং শহরেও দুটি জায়গা ধস প্রবন, আপার পাগলা ঝোরা ও লোয়ার পাগলা ঝোরা । ওখানে দু-টিয়ারে জাতীয় সড়ক গিয়েছে। আন্তর্জাতিক বিশেষজ্ঞরা এর সমাধান করতে পারেননি। ধস খুব মারাত্মক। আমার অভিজ্ঞতা আছে । আপনাদের উদ্যোগ প্রশংসনীয় । আমি দুঃখিত, আন্তরিক ইচ্ছা থাকলেও আমি অংশগ্রহন করতে পারছিনা। সহানুভূতি রইল। (এপার বাংলা থেকে)
১৬| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ দুপুর ২:৩০
অনুমান বলেছেন: মাত্র ক'দিন আগেই আমরা ক'জন মিলে এপার বাংলা থেকে এই ব্লগে এসেছি । সামহোয়ার-ইন'র উদ্যোগ দেখে আমরা অভিভূত । "মনের কথা" আমারও মনের কথাই বলেছে। ইচ্ছে থাকলেও কিভাবে সাহায্য করবো জানিনা। আমাদের এখানেও ধস নিয়ে খুব আলোচনা হচ্ছে। আমরাও সহানুভূতিশীল। দার্জিলিং'র ধস আমরাও দেখেছি। দিনের পর দিন মানুষের অসহায় অবস্হা দেখেছি।
সহানুভূতি রইল ।
১৭| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ বিকাল ৩:৫৪
জ্বিনের বাদশা বলেছেন: কিচ্ছু মাথায় আসছেনা !!
অরিল, আপডেটের জন্য ধন্যবাদ, শুভেচ্ছা রইল সবসময়ের জন্য।
১৮| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ বিকাল ৪:০১
শাহানা বলেছেন: ওয়েভিন (সি ই ও, এসিনিক, http://www.escenic.com) বলেছেন:
Dear all of you in Bangladesh.
What a devastating disaster that has hit your country.
We want you to know that we are all thinking about you, and that we are very sorry for the people that have lost everything, even their loved ones.
Warm regards,
Oyvind
CEO
Escenic
১৯| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ বিকাল ৪:০২
সামিহা এষা বলেছেন: together we can make everything possible. so we should help them so that these people from chittagong can again start living. And we will be there for them right ??
২০| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ বিকাল ৫:৫৬
জানা বলেছেন: @মনের কথা @আনুমান, আপনাদের সমবেদনা আর সহানুভূতির জন্যে অসংখ্য ধন্যবাদ। সম্ভব হলে এ নিয়ে জনসচেতনতামূলক তথ্যসমঋদ্ধ কিছু লিখুন। ধন্যবাদ।
২১| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ রাত ৮:০৮
প্রবাসী বলেছেন: Aril,
Please post more pictures and Youtube videos if possible.
Good reporting.
Hasib
২২| ১৪ ই জুন, ২০০৭ রাত ১১:১৫
আলী-পরাগ বলেছেন: আমার কান্না পাচ্ছে, আমি আর পড়তে পারছি না।
©somewhere in net ltd.
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১৩ ই জুন, ২০০৭ সন্ধ্যা ৭:৫১
বইপাগল বলেছেন: Thanks for the update.