ANSHUMAN PHADIKAR An East Midnapore school still under water. Picture by Jahangir Badsa Tamluk, July 20: More than a month after the floods in East Midnapore, some two lakh people are homeless and over 350 schools shut because they are serving as relief camps. "Hundreds of villages are still under water,' said district relief officer Srikrishna Maity. Unless the water recedes, the government won't be able to assess the damage and fix compensation. If the water has receded in some villages, the houses are unfit to live in. The authorities of many of the 321 primary and 45 secondary schools had requested the refugees to move out but it evoked little response. About 84 schools are closed because they have been severely damaged by the floods, said district inspector of schools Dilip Ghatak. The floods had affected 15 blocks in mid-June. Five of them