More than 75,000 people marooned in flood water as major rivers in Odisha are in spate.

The flood situation is grim while the death toll has gone up to 28. Reports of relief not reaching to a large number of marooned people in Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Keonjhar have come in.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced ex-gratia a relief of four lakh rupees to the next of kin of each of the deceased in cyclone and flood.

AIR Correspondent reports the water level in rivers like Budhabalang and Jalaka have started receding, giving respite to the affected people in some parts of the worst his Balasore district.

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Vice Chairman Sashidhar Reddy discussed on the rehabilitation work in cyclone and flood affected areas of Odisha with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Bhubaneswar last evening.

Cyclone and floods affected about 1.2 crore people in 16, 487 villages of 2015 gram panchayats and 43 urban local bodies spread over 148 blocks of the State.

Standing crops with over 6,25,408 hectare area has been destroyed, 3,76,608 houses were also damaged due to the cyclone and floods.