NOIDA, Sept. 9 -- As hundreds of families remain marooned from their homes due to the Yamuna's expansion in the recent flooding over the past week, makeshift classrooms have cropped up in evacuation shelters across Noida and Greater Noida in an attempt to keep children engaged while teachers conduct classes.

"We don't want our children to lose out because of floods," said Sunita, a mother of two, who shifted into the camp in Sector 135.

Yamuna breached danger levels over the past few days inundating many villages, forcing officials to shift people into relief camps.

While the immediate needs of food and medicine are being met, officials said tougher challenge lies in persuading families camped along unsafe stretches of the embankment t...