Monday, December 15, 2008

Of junked rail carriages, and refugee dwellings ?

An UNHCR photo showing an overview of the makeshift Krinding encampment in West Darfur.
Junked sub-way rail carriages in New York being loaded in a barge, to be dumped into the high seas. Abandoned rail carriages resting on the seabed, they say, is conducive for growth of sea-weeds and other forms of marine vegetation that fish feed on.

If only they could be transported to Darfur, the junked rail carriages could meet housing requirement of the refugees.

3 comments:

Swarna said...

What a simple solution. Will the world's misplaced priorities allow their implementation?

RAJI MUTHUKRISHNAN said...

And even here, where so many live without proper shelter....

ER Ramachandran said...

Very good point GVK.The possibility could be explored in Mysore where they have a Railway workshop and as the ladies have said, there are always people in our country who need to be accommodated without compromising their dignity.