Sri Lanka. Use of flood aids: Transparency, accountability essential (South Asia Monitor)

With heavy rains and gale force winds continuing for the eighth day yesterday while the south-west monsoon is likely to begin today, more than half-a-million people have been seriously affected in the worst-ever flood havoc in 25 years. The confirmed death toll yesterday afternoon was 82 with about 140 still missing or feared dead while more than 200,000 people have found temporary shelter in temples, churches, schools and other places

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