Low Lying Areas Flooded in Odisha Villagers at a road flooded by Sona river at Nilgiri in Baleswar district on Monday.
Government today assured all possible help to Odisha to tackle floods and said that two helicopters have been rushed to the state for relief and rescue measures.
"It is a serious situation in Odisha...Home Minister Rajnath Singh has talked to Chief Minister of Odisha. Two helicopters have been rushed there. Whatever is required there will be done," Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkiah Naidu said in Rajya Sabha after BJD members raised the issue.
In response to BJD member Bhupinder Singh's raising the issue, Mr Naidu said that the government is taking the issue very seriously.
During the Zero Hour, Mr Singh said that a large number of people were displaced and massive destruction was caused to crops after floods in Mahanadi river.
He demanded immediate rescue and relief measures in Odisha stressing that two lakh hectares of paddy crop was affected due to it.
Earlier he had come to the aisle with the demand to which Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said Singh that he had already raised the issue yesterday and "you cannot take Parliament for a ride."
Mr Kurien said government has taken note of it.