Concrete roads, good education, healthcare facilities, drinking water and electricity supply are simply a mirage for the villagers of these regions, even today. Besides, many people who have lost their near and dear ones, have not yet received compensation, owing it to administrative complications as the reason.

Dahibara, the remotest and an island type village of Japa GP was one of the badly devastated domains. It is located about five kilometers away from the Bay of Bengal. 587 people including women and children of this hamlet were drowned in the sea current on that unfortunate day. Two brothers, Manoranjan (then 19) and Ratan si (then 17) who are leading their lives by prawn farming had lost their entire family of 12 members. However, both are married now and their life is usually moving forward. But, the moment, those ill-fated memories knock their mind. Whenever the two brothers remembers the incident start crying.

“It was around eight ‘o’ clock in the morning. High speed storm of 250 km/hour had started playing its collapsing role and suddenly, three coconut tree-like tidal waves rushed in and we lost everything within no time,” Ratan said with misty eyes. On the other hand, Manoranjan is hardly satisfied with the post-cyclone promises by the government and other private organisations. For, these promises have never been fulfilled. “We had been shown huge dreams of concrete roads, schools, hospitals and many more things only to be met with non-fulfillment,” he told with anger and frustration.