The situation is turning very shaky:Ganjam

BHUBANESWAR:People told us about the devastation the village had gone through was shocking. The area was famous for its greenery having thousands of trees and it was well know as a tourist place, but the storm had stripped it of its pride possession and rendered it barren. It hurt us when we knew that the dreaded storm had spared the coastal.

The low-lying areas with paddy crops to the right side of the National Highway had been fully submerged. We passed many villages beside the NH, which too had faced the fury of the cyclone. With their houses damaged, most of them had smashed. We hardly saw any people or any vehicle on the road. A dead silence had reigned supreme everywhere. We crossed Berhampur junction and then Sonapur, which connects Andra and Odisha.

 “The situation is turning very shaky. Putrefaction of animal cadaver, rotting of uprooted trees, open defecation lacking toilets now threaten outbreak of epidemics. But the Government does not appear to be serious to address these problems,” Baba Gokulanada Nahak said in Ganjam village.

B.Simadri,President fisher union said, when most of the people had resorted to self-shifting to higher ground after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted Phailin, the State Government continues to make false claims that it evacuated more than 9 lakh people and tries to spread its version across the globe by means of media.