04-01-2005, 06:11 PM
Heard about your call so decided to give some information which i've collected. In Kerla Kollam district was the worst hit and particularly two villages,were the worst affected by last week's tsunami,Alappad village in Kollam district, which recorded 100 deaths, and Arattupuzha in Alappuzha district, which saw 25 death. Both the villages are within 25 km distance of each other. Close to 11,000 houses are fully damaged and another 15,000 houses partially damaged. In all, more than 100,000 people from these two villages are now living in relief camps. The Dec 26 tsunami has officially claimed at least 210 lives in Kerala.
Kollam is less than 2 hrs drive from Trivandrum and is well connected from there. Kollam is well connected by good roadways and railways.
Bangalore: 04:55, 10:45, 16:20
Mumbai:04:55, 08:55, 11:05, 12:45, 14:35, 18:20
Kannur: 07:30, 11:05, 12:45, 14:35, 18:20, 19:50, 20:10, 22:10
Ernakulam: Frequent Trains.
Mangalore:07:30, 11:05, 12:45, 14:35, 18:20, 19:50, 20:10
Thiruvananthapuram:02:25, 02:55, 03:40, 04:20, 05:20, 07:25, 08:40, 09:00,
09:25, 10:10, 11:10, 13:15, 14:00, 16:40, 17:10, 17:30, 18:00,
18:55, 19:53, 20:33, 21:00, 21:40
Kollam is connected by good motorable roads to all parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu (KSRTC Enquiry Ph : 275200

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Alappuzha: Frequent buses (2 hrs)
Ambasamudram: 05.15, 15.15
Bangalore: 17.30
Coimbatore: 05.50, 08.30, 11.00, 14.40, 20.30, 22.30
Kochi:Frequent buses (4 hrs)
Kottayam: 12.00, 16.00
Thenkasi: 05.15, 06.15, 08.15, 10.45, 14.45, 16.15, 20.00<br>
Thiruvananthapuram:Frequent buses (1½ hrs)
You might want to carry some minimal medical kit with you for personal use. Take an emergency medical kit consisting of immediate medicines and medical supplies like Aspirin or paracetamol for pain or fever. An anti-allergy capsule if needed. Creams to ease irritation from insect bites, stings, cuts, scratches and sunburn.Don't forget Bandages and Band-Aids, throat lozenges, and multivitamins. You are mostly offered warm or hot water to drink in hotels and you can always insist on it as its a norm in Kerla. You might also get mineral water but try avoid purchasing because they are no good.
Hope the info here will serve your purpose well.
You can get back to me on
pswaroop81@yahoo.co.in
Regards
Swaroop P
IIM Kozhikode
ps- I m not a malu nor have any command on the language.