Cyclone Fengal has devastated the people in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu. Team Bhoomika has visited close to 10 clusters in these 3 blocks, Koliyanur, Kandamangalam and Vikravandi. The people are going back to their waterlogged streets and homes from the relief centres. Their hard earned meager possessions and the bare minimum cooking rations are soaked in water. People are drying the soggy rice on the road, they are sorting out their material possessions that can be salvaged, gas stoves are damaged. The mats they use to sleep on the floor are worn out by water.

In Chinnakuchipalayam (Villupuram District) almost all of the 55 houses have thatched roof, their anganwadi is completely damaged. Residents primarily rely on Senegal Soolai (brick making), Agriculture, Daily wage labor (coolie work). The fields they work in are flooded. They will have no work for a while. The children have lost all their school materials. The story will repeat itself as Bhoomika’s team moves through the affected villages for a first hand assessment. The unanimous request from the team is for provision of rations for cooking, clothes and school materials.