On 26 December 2004, an earthquake off the Sumatra coast in Indonesia unleashed tsunami waves that caused one of the biggest human tragedies in recent history in Southern Asia and in few parts of Africa. Tsunami Response Watch is a one-stop humanitarian website that pools together information on tsunami response efforts in India.

Two years on, the tsunami rehabilitation offers a broad range of recovery options and lot of hope to marginal communities in the affected areas. It is time to take stock and check the realities of aid. Miles to Go examines the future relevance of the rehabilitation measures in terms of local ownership, development needs, resilience and preparedness. A collection of in-depth articles by a group of humanitarian experts and journalists. Highlights include Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) issues and community radio initiatives. Please write to us for print copies.

Download the report in PDF (~10MB) here.

Alakal – waves – is a coastal community radio initiative in south India. It started daily experimental narrowcast on 1st May 2006 from a string of radio clubs in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It covered weather, waves, fish catch, prices, boats and markets. And a lot of local music and culture. In the first six months indiadisasters.org trained six young radio producers and facilitated the content flow. Now the local groups are committed to take this and similar other initiatives forward – through information hubs, podcasts, and of course, broadcast. indiadisasters.org will contribute to these initiatives as a media resource group.