No respite from flood fury in West Bengal
There have been allegations that party affiliations are determining the amount of relief The death toll in the floods that have ravaged West Bengal's Purbo and Paschim Medinipur districts has risen to 25. More than 2.2 million people have been affected. Road and rail links with the southern States have been severely disrupted. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee reviewed on Friday the situation in the two districts with senior officials in Kolaghat in Purbo Medinipur district and discussed ways to step up rescue and relief operations.