Bhubaneswar, July 31 -- Over 7.90 lakh people across 57 blocks and 446 gram panchayats in Odisha have been affected by the current floods triggered by incessant rainfall under the influence of a low-pressure system, State Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said on Friday.
Chairing a high-level review meeting on the flood situation and ongoing relief and rescue operations, Pujari said that around 2.68 lakh people have so far been evacuated from flood-affected areas and shifted to safer places, where they are being provided with food and other essential assistance.
Describing the flood situation as largely under control, the minister assured that the state government would extend all necessary assistance to people whose ...