71. Officials in the area asked all boats, trucks and buses to remain on standby in case they were needed for relief work later, Rashid said. 72. Ogata said the UNHCR would soon resume relief work in the area. 73. Officials in the area asked all boats, trucks and buses to remain on standby for relief work, Rashid said. 74. Officials of the Red Cross suggested some of the funds for relief work should come from the developing countries themselves. 75. Port officials have been supplying rice, wheat and water to affected areas and appointed security guards to help in relief work. 76. Rival clans battled anew in the capital Saturday and Somali leaders complained a suspension of relief work affected mostly innocent people. 77. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited the accident site to supervise relief work, an official spokesman said. 78. Relief work also has been hampered because many of the roads linking the capital, Dhaka, with the districts have been flooded or badly damaged. 79. Several vehicles hired by the European Union for relief work were also stolen, the witnesses said. 80. Soldiers were deployed for relief work in some areas after the cyclone swept through the five districts, drowning people or washing away houses and crushing residents. |
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