Vanuatu To Permanently Evacuate Volcanic Island
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published May 21, 2018 | 12:43 PM
Entire communities living under the shadow of a smouldering volcano on an island in Vanuatu will be permanently relocated to another island from next week, the Pacific nation's government has decided.
Port Vila, Vanuatu, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st May, 2018 ) :Entire communities living under the shadow of a smouldering volcano on an island in Vanuatu will be permanently relocated to another island from next week, the Pacific nation's government has decided.
Most villagers on the northern island of Ambae had only recently returned home. The 11,000 people on the island were forced to leave last September when the Manaro volcano erupted. The latest evacuation is not compulsory but the government said it wants those who left to stay away for good and resettle elsewhere.
The Council of Ministers has approved four permanent settlements on the nearby island of Maewo, which it will lease from landowners.
The government will organise and pay for the evacuation beginning June 1 and finishing July 30.
However only those who choose to relocate to Maewo will receive the assistance and people who move to other islands will do so at their own expense. "Food support will be provided to the displaced population of Ambae on Maewo for a maximum of six months before withdrawing its support," a government statement said.
"(By then) food crops which have been planted on day one of evacuation (will be) ready for harvest. On Maewo, chief Jonah Toaganase told the Daily Post newspaper that his community was ready to look after more than 3,000 people until the four permanent settlements are established and gardens planted.
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