Authorities are now advising people to contact Commissioner Western’s Office on telephone number 666 0158 or their nearest district office if they are in desperate need of daily food rations after the recent floods.
Fijivillage has been receiving calls from areas like Bangladesh Settlement, Talaiya, Mataniqara, Voroko Cemetary Road in Ba and Drasa in Lautoka that they have not received any food assistance and they are finding great difficulties.
Residents from some of these areas say that they have seen some officials but they have not received any assistance.
The people in these areas are some of the worst of the worst affected who do not have formal employment, have lost all their crops and most of their belongings.
One of the residents of Talaiya, Ba, Saimun Nisha hopes that assistance is on the way.
Initial assessments indicate that thirty five thousand people are in need of daily food rations in the Western division however officials are now trying to determine how many people actually need the daily food packs.
Provincial Development and National Disaster Management Permanent Secretary Colonel Inia Seruiratu said they are trying their best to assist all the affected people.
This morning, Colonel Seriuratu received a cheque of $5,000 from Home Finance Company Limited for the Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund.
Story by: Sofaia Koroitanoa and Vijay Narayan
35,000 in need of daily food rations
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