Patil reviews flood situation in Orissa

New Delhi, Sept 23 (ANI): Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil undertook an aerial survey of flood affected areas of Orissa to day.
Union minister Chandra Shekhar, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Leader of Opposition J B Patnaik, state Congress president Jaydev Jena and senior Home ministry officials accompanied Patil.
Patil also held a closed-door meeting with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and discussed the latest flood situation.
The delegation covered areas starting from the lower catchment areas of river Mahanadi up to the delta plains where large number of river branches presented a complex system of embankments and canal networks.
Meanwhile, the Navy has joined relief and resc