Relief from Mamata’s ministry
In a bid to steal a march over Left Front government’s disaster management efforts, Railway minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee’s attempt seems to be paying off. Relief materials from Railways are reaching the district magistrates of worst-hit South and North 24-Parganas districts.

South 24-Parganas District Magistrate Khalil Ahmed said four truckloads of relief material were received from the Railways. “Four trucks containing baby food, tarpaulin sheets, water pouches and chlorine tablets reached us on Monday. Three truckloads of relief material were dispatched to Gosaba and one to Patharpratima where it is being distributed among the cyclone-affected people,” Ahmed said.

The relief materials from the Railway Welfare Board include 10 lakh chlorine tablets, out of which five lakh were sent to South 24-Parganas and three lakh to North 24-Parganas. For children, 3,800 kg of milk powder was sent to South 24-Parganas and 1,720 kg to North 24-Parganas, as well as ORS powder. Apart from these, 8,000 bottles of drinking water were also sent to the two affected districts. ENS