1.   After the cyclone, the cumbersome government machinery that has been an obstacle to modernization in India appeared to have worked well.

2.   Heavy reliance on manual labor and a cumbersome government bureaucracy can mean five years or more of construction time for a simple multi-family housing unit.

3.   Refugee advocates blame cumbersome government procedures, bureaucracy, and a lack of political will.

4.   The cumbersome government bureaucracy should also be downsized and decentralised to make sure people are better served and have more say in the way they are run.