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The Government of East Pakistan and Government of Pakistan cantributed
4,504,370 rupees (about $942,000) for house building grants, cash grants,
clothing, food, grains, grants to students and other aid to disaster
victims. Private donations were primarily in kind-food and cloth-.
However, the Martial Law Admlnistratorls Relief Fund collected 2,300,000
rupees (about $481,000) kvxn private donors. The East Pakistan Christian
Council (sponsored by Church World Service/USA) donated a house to each of
100 families in one of the affected villages in the Dacca Mstrict at a cost
of 700 rupees each for a total of 70,000 rupees (about $14,000).
The Pakistan Red Cross donated medicines, food and clothing. Total value
of the Red Cross dmation was 452,200 rupees (about $94,900).
The Government of East Pakistan used the services of its Meteorological
Department to predict the tornado's arrival. The CXlEP I:; currently plutpar-
a fill-scale Cyclone Preparedness Warning System that is desiqed
to make early cyclone warnings available and to coordinate the relief
efforts of various agencies.
Since Pakistan is moving toward a full scale disaster pn?vention and
preparedness program, the AID Msaster Relief Coordinator hopes consideration
wlll be given toward elimlnatlng use of corrup,ated Ilmn rooflrg sheets
in housing reconstruction. In hurricane, typhoon and cyclone-prone areas
this t,ype of roofing flying through the alr causes many tleatils and serious
injuries to people who would not otherwise have been hurl; by the storms.
The high rate of injury in this disaster is evidence of this. A substitute
type of roofing such as asphalt which would break up when ripped off the
houses is needed, or other reasonable house cover.
ASSISTANCE PFOVIDED BY THE U.
S. GOVERNMENT
The American Ambassador exercised his disaster relief aut;hority and made a
cash donation in dollars to the general relief fbnd in the amount of $25,000
Also, 2,000 pounds of P.L. 480, ntle 11, nonfat dry mllE: were provided
from UNICEF stocks, which had a value of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
$25.-400
The recipients of this mllk were the injured persons who were hospitaliz~d
in Dacca College Hospital and Dacca-Mltford Hospital.
Consulate and USAID personnel donated 18 pints of blood, plus personal
cash donations, and the wives of U. S. Government personr~el and U. S.
contractors volunteered for hospital work.
The U. S. Mission reported that U. S. responsiveness in meeting periodic
needs from disastrous cyclones, floods and tidal bores in. East Pakistan has
resulted in widespread appreciation, both Governmental and non-govemntal,
for such ald.
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY U.
S. VOLUNTAFE AGLNCIES
CARE donated 10,200 pounds of concentrated sugar for hospital use which
was valued at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,890