run Zoological Survey of India in a proposal to the government for the detailed assessment. Of particular concern was the impact of fine sediments to fish stocks, he said, that could lead to fish asphyxiating and mass mortality. But nowhere was the destruction so great as Indonesia's Aceh province, where up to 1,000 villages are believed to gave been destroyed. In some parts, the damage is so great they are likely to be uninhabitable for years. Vast areas need replanting. --More 1237 Local Time 0937 GMT
