Torrential rain over the last few days due to an intense depression over the Bay of Bengal has rendered almost 2 lakh people homeless in East Midnapore in West Bengal. Sabong and Daspur regions in West Midnapore have also been critically affected. State irrigation minister Manas Bhunia and Union minister of state for rural development Sisir Adhikary have rushed to the flood affected areas. Bhunia said that as a result of the overall deluge, several embankments along rivers like Kansabati, Keleghai, Kapaleswari, Silabati and Chendia had collapsed. Moves were on to repair these embankments on a war-footing. He also said that he had cancelled the leave of all irrigation department employees due to the flood situation. The zilla parishad in East Midnapore and most of the gram panchayats there are being governed by Trinamool since 2008.