Bhubaneswar, Sept. 25 (PTI): Relief and rehabilitation measures were today stepped up in six flood-ravaged districts of Orissa where swollen rivers continued to flow above the danger mark affecting more than 16-lakh people. Though the rain's fury subsided in many places, vast areas in Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Kendrapara, Cuttack and Jajpur districts were submerged in flood waters, paralysing normal life and leaving many people marooned, official sources said.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who undertook an aerial survey of the affected areas, asked authorities to intensify relief work and provide medical assistance, besides carrying out rescue operations.
The flood situation remained grim in Balasore district where the Subarnarekha river was flowing around one metre above the danger mark and water level was steadily rising, sources said adding water level in the Budhabalanga also remained above the danger level.
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