09-21-2008, 07:40 PM
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PTI | Bhubaneswar
Posted online: Sep 20, 2008
The situation in the flood-hit Orissa continued to be grim with lakhs of people marooned in 15 out of the total 30 districts on Saturday as major rivers, including Mahanadi, caused at least 31 breaches.
The breaches on the embankments of Mahanadi and its branches in the delta have affected over 10 lakh people in 15 districts, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Manmohan Samal said, adding that the army was asked to stand by for rescue and relief work.
The State Government has sought five more helicopters from the Centre as one of the two choppers already provided had developed technical snag, he told reporters here.
Earlier Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik reviewed the situation arising out of the floods and preparedness to deal with it.
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Posted online: Sep 20, 2008
The situation in the flood-hit Orissa continued to be grim with lakhs of people marooned in 15 out of the total 30 districts on Saturday as major rivers, including Mahanadi, caused at least 31 breaches.
The breaches on the embankments of Mahanadi and its branches in the delta have affected over 10 lakh people in 15 districts, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Manmohan Samal said, adding that the army was asked to stand by for rescue and relief work.
The State Government has sought five more helicopters from the Centre as one of the two choppers already provided had developed technical snag, he told reporters here.
Earlier Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik reviewed the situation arising out of the floods and preparedness to deal with it.
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