A host of associations of the Odias living outside the State like Chennai-based Utkal Association of Madras (UAM) and Aseema Odisha, Mumbai Odia Mahasangh, Utkal Sanskritika Samaja of Visakhapatnam, Odisha Pride and Odisha live distributed relief among the flood-hit victims in Bahanaga and Baliapal blocks here on Sunday.
They distributed blankets and clothes to more than 180 households at Rahapada, Arada and Malika Sahi villages under Kochiakoili gram panchayat in Bahanaga block. Similarly, relief materials were distributed to more than 120 families in various villages on the bank of Subarnarekha. It includes Routarapur and Rasalpur under Bishnupur gram panchayat in Baliapal.
Many villagers on the bank of Subarnarekha who were hit worst by the floods urged the members of the Odia bodies to bail them out from the endemic floods with a permanent solution.
Khirod Kumar Jena, Dr Bipin Mishra, Bisbhuti Bhusan Bisoi, Subhas Chandra Biswal, Nilambar Rath, Manas Das, Sidharth Jena, Krushna Nayak and Uttam Kumar Nayak, among others, participated in the relief operation.