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Fig. 6.12
Typical road damages (
top left
; early 2005) and erosion damage due to the tsunami wave
along the Kamphuan canal (
top right
; December 2004); rebuilt of the Kamphuan canal's banks
(
bottom
; mid 2005) behind the ACRSD (Source: ACRSD)
giving the new boats to them. The residents in the Nua village received the new
boats and fi shing tools donated by several sectors such as the Coca Cola Thailand
Ltd., the World Vision Foundation of Thailand and Kasetsart University (Fig.
6.13
).
It took about 3-4 months for the villagers at the Nua village to reestablish them-
selves and continued to live on their lives. At the Hat Sai Kao village, the residents
who lost their boats got compensations between 40,000 and 60,000 baht, depending
on the size of the boat that was registered. Some residents received a new boat with
the fi shing gears provided by the American Refugee Committee (ARC) who donated
about 150 fi shing boats for the entire Suk Samran district.
For the land use, before the tsunami large areas in the ACRSD and in the Nua
village used to be grass fi elds where the locals feed their livestock. Since the
tsunami, most of the livestock were killed without being replaced. The fi eld then
became abandoned lands with tall grasses and brushes. In the Hat Sai Khao village,
the areas along the Kamphuan canal riverbank that most of the houses were
destroyed became abandoned lands as well. In addition, various vegetation such as
pine and coconut trees were grown and some small temporary shelters were built in
this empty land to accommodate the hired boat guards.
The communities in the area affected by the tsunami did not encounter any
special new diseases except for the depression of some victims due to their losses of
family members and properties. Volunteers were sent into the affected villages to
comfort the people for their grieves.
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