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Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006

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Government urged to declare floods a national calamity

JEYPORE: The Communist Party of India (Maoist) special zonal committee, Andhra-Orissa border, has urged the Central Government to declare the Malkanagiri floods a national calamity and allocate sufficient funds and relief material for the flood-affected people in the district.

Special zonal committee leader Bhaskar has alleged that both State and Central governments have failed in extending relief to peaple in flood-affected areas.

Cheques distributed

Local MLA Rabinarayana Nanda has urged the Special Relief Commissioner to ensure aid for the houses damaged during the recent floods in the Jeypore sub-division.

At a programme organised by revenue officials here recently, he distributed compensation cheques among the flood-affected persons. Tahasildar of Jeypore V. Jagga Rao and other officials were present.

Boy drowned

A fourteen-year-old boy, P. Santhosh, was drowned in the Neelkanta Sagar tank here on Sunday.

The body was traced by the police and handed over to his family.

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