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Roofs of sand

• 20/04/2008
• Week (Kochi)

Muniyamma, 30, and her family survived the tragic Boxing Day of 2004. But its aftermath has left her a widow and her four children fatherless. Her husband Pazhanivel, 38, immolated himself as the district administration tried to evict tsunami refugees from a temporary shelter in Kadambadi, near Nagapattinam.

• Tags:
  • Tsunami
  • Housing Construction
  • High Court
  • NGO
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Chennai (T)
  • Nagapattinam (D)

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