ARSI has already received all required permissions to go to Kavaratti Island in Lakshadweep during the whole of December 2006 and there is now hectic activity to firm up details.

Most of the members of the group met in Bangalore on the 1st of November 2006 to finalize details of equipment and logistics.

All details have been worked out and we also have the movement plan for the various operators, the tentative shipping schedule and the tentative plan for shipping out materials and equipment.

We had two of our members actually visit Kavaratti to check out and make arrangements to receive the group and now everything has been firmed up. Conditions are vastly different from the Andamans.

We now also have two more collection hubs for donations- one in Germany and another in Japan. This will make it easier for contributors to send their contributions.

The three hubs are given below:

Donation Hub for North America, South America & Canada