Water recedes, misery rises

  • 23/09/2008

  • New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Indian Air Force chopper dropping food packets for the marooned in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday (Below) A view of flooded areas in Cuttack districExpress News Service 23 Sep 2008 09:50:00 AM IST BHUBANESWAR: Their number has swelled. So has their misery. There was no let-up in the hardship of the flood-hit even though Mahanadi started to recede. The Navy was called in for rescue and relief operation with over a million still marooned in the coastal areas of the State. The State Government today revised upwards the affected population to a huge 37.1 lakh