VIDEO: Getting down at Chargheri
Still: Wading through Mud...
Still: Keeping balance on those slippery slabs was far more difficult than wading through mud
VIDEO: The mud walk
VIDEO: Take your pick - slippery heights or safe depths?
This picture better demonstrates the state of the top of the slabs
Walking on the less damaged stretch of dyke under reconstruction
The 'road' leading into the village was rendered virtually unwalkable due to slippery accumulation of mud after rain earlier in the day.
Dipankar's steamer - stockpiling of relief material
VIDEO: Some ponds have remained ponds after Aila, while some tillable lands are also ponds now
More loss of land surface to the Tide
Damaged dyke on show
Trying to come down (as against Fall down)
People flocking at the 'ghat' to ensure and verify that the relief can be imparted to People.
VIDEO of the same spot - where a family resided once we only have some broken branches now
A destroyed hutment and a relatively unaffected one
Santanu (one of our team members) discussing with a villager of Chargheri on the mud path (it rained a while back, and we found it rather difficult to walk here - on perfect plain ground - without the support of a stick)
VIDEO: discussing problems with people