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A photograph of a long covered shelter with a corrugated metal roof, blue posts and a plain whitewashed wall, used for flood relief. People stand and move among piles of white and grey sacks, bundles and belongings along a raised concrete ledge. A woman in an orange sari and several children in school-style clothes are visible, including a girl in a yellow top at the right edge. In the foreground a yellow plastic jerrycan, metal basins, a dark oil drum and scattered litter lie on bare ground. Small tents sit at the right side of the shelter.

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A photograph of a covered open-air shed with a white wall on the left and striped tarpaulin awnings above, filled with stacked white and blue sacks and cardboard cartons. Several women in saris stand and move along the stacks; one in a yellow sari with an orange shawl stands at centre, and a woman in a green-and-red checked skirt and white top leans over a table at right. A small child in a red top sits among the bags. Palm trees are visible beyond the shed in the dim evening light.2012-01-04A photograph of a covered hall with bare concrete floor and white walls, filled with bundled belongings, white sacks and tarpaulin-wrapped piles of goods stacked against the walls. Several people move about or stand: an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti, a man in a peach shirt and green lungi, a woman in a yellow sari holding a small bundled infant, and a girl in a red patterned top gesturing to the right. A green folding chair and a bicycle sit among the bundles. No one is identifiable as a presenter; the scene reads as a relief distribution or storage space for supplies.A open-sided corrugated metal shelter on bare sandy ground serves as a community kitchen during relief work. Large black and metal cooking pots sit over small wood fires, with stacked white rice sacks and blue tarpaulins spread on the ground. Several women in colourful saris and men in shirts and white dhotis work around the pots, some wearing head coverings and a few wearing blue or yellow shirts. Palm trees and debris are visible beyond the shelter. No ceremony or a person is shown.2012-01-06A photograph of a covered open-sided shelter with a corrugated roof and white wall, where a crowd of people sort and handle large white sacks and bundles on the ground. A woman in the foreground wearing a green and red checked lungi and white blouse leans over a table at right, while a group of women in saris, one in yellow with an orange-red shawl, stand among the sacks. A small child in red sits near the bags at lower centre. Colourful striped tarpaulin canopies and palm trees appear beyond the shelter. No clear a person figure is visible.2012-01-01December 22 20062006-12-22January 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief camp under a corrugated metal roof with wooden posts, sheltering a food distribution (annadaan) operation in a village setting with palm trees. Volunteers in white surgical caps and hairnets sit on the ground chopping vegetables from sacks of produce and stir large steel cooking pots. Blue tarpaulin is spread with rice and grain sacks and steel containers. Many people mill about in mixed clothing, some in white. In the right foreground a man in a white dhoti with an orange-yellow border stands barefoot, his back partly turned to the camera; he is not further identified. Plastic chairs and a red bucket are scattered around the site.2012-01-06A photo of a relief distribution on a covered veranda of a white concrete building beside a dirt yard, with palm trees and a striped blue, green and white canopy at left. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange-and-white checked shawl sits on a bench at left, handling a bundle. A woman in a white sari with a small pattern holds up a folded cloth over a heap of clothes and sacks. A young man in a green striped shirt and blue jeans stands beside her, reaching toward a red-and-green bag marked Bihar Gold. Piles of clothing, bags and cardboard boxes cover the floor. Another figure in a yellow and white garment stands further back. a person is not clearly visible.2012-01-01 +1 copiesOutdoor relief distribution at a village building with a tin roof and white walls under palm trees. A figure in orange robes and a white head covering stands on a raised platform near a pillar, arm extended. Around him, villagers in white dhotis and saris, including an elderly woman in a blue sari, crowd close while a man in a red shirt and a man in a checked shirt handle stacked white bags and cartons. A cameraman in a red shirt films nearby. A striped awning shades the left edge.2012-01-03September 2006 - Sindhanur flood reliefOutdoor flood relief distribution in a dusty courtyard in front of a concrete building. A large striped tent with a red patterned canopy and multicoloured stripes shelters a crowd of villagers. Men wear white dhotis and shirts, and women and children wear colourful saris, dresses and headscarves. A small girl in a yellow dress stands at the right, and a woman in orange sari is nearby. The crowd appears to be waiting or gathered for aid at the relief camp, with blue tarpaulins visible at the edges.