Amphan has created havoc in Bengal, most severely the districts of North and South 24 Parganas. While 77 people have been reported to be killed, the estimates of destruction is still in progress. Sanjog has been working in the two districts for 8 years, with 10 organisations, 40 grassroots social workers and 300 young women who are survivors of violence. The reports since Wednesday night, the distress calls that have been pouring in establish the following:

• People who live in kuchcha houses have been rendered homeless, because houses made of mud or plastic, bamboo, with thatched, tin or tiled roofs have been razed to the ground.
• Semi pucca houses have been damaged – particularly the roofs and therefore, once the roofs were broken or blown away, the winds and rain destroyed all belongings inside the house – including clothes, utensils, books and educational materials, to even the smallest of their belongings.

Some snippets of the current conditions in the two districts –