Even as allegations of yet another starvation death surfaced in Kalahandi, Orissa's perennial hunger zone, 50 migrant labourers from the neighbouring Bolangir district, equally notorious for poverty and backwardness, were reportedly rescued from a brick kiln in Andhra Pradesh. The kiln owner Yusuf Khan and a contractor are said to have been arrested by the police which acted following a tip-off. Sources said that arrangements were being made for the labourers' journey back home. These incidents prove the hollowness of the government's claim about the success of its anti-poverty and employment programmes.