Army in Bengal, flood toll is nine
The flood situation in South Bengal on Thursday has worsened with death toll rising to nine. Worried by the gravity of the situation in East Medinipur and West Medinipur the state government has deployed three companies of Army personnel to expedite relief and rescue operation. Three more companies of the Army have been asked to join the relief operation from Friday. Eastern Air Command has also been pressed for dropping food packets and relief materials in Flood-hit areas of West and East Midnapur since Wednesday evening while flood waters submerged parts of a new district, Bankura.