Bhubaneswar, Nov. 10 -- Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Leader of Opposition in the Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik has written to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, demanding immediate relief and rehabilitation measures for flood-affected people in Ganjam district and fixing accountability for what he described as a "manmade crisis" caused by administrative negligence.

In a letter dated November 10, Patnaik alleged that the state government's lack of preparedness and delayed release of warnings and dam water management had aggravated the flood situation, resulting in loss of lives, extensive crop damage and destruction of livelihoods.

Patnaik said he visited the flood-affected areas of Hinjili, Sheragada, Aska and Sorada in Ganjam d...