Aid not reaching cyclone victims: U.N.

  • 14/05/2008

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

The U.N. on Tuesday said only a tiny portion of international relief is reaching Myanmar's cyclone victims, amid fears that the military regime is hoarding high-quality foreign aid for itself while people make do with rotten food. "There is obviously still a lot of frustration that this aid effort hasn't picked up pace 10 days after the cyclone hit,' said Richard Horsey, spokesman for the U.N. humanitarian operation in Bangkok. Cyclone Nargis devastated the Irrawaddy delta, leaving about 62,000 persons dead or missing according to the government count. The U.N. had said the death toll was likely to be more than 1,00,000. With their homes washed away and large tracts of land under water, 2 million survivors