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Bengal flood toll crosses 1,300 mark

State Health Minister Partho Dey said nearly 1,00,000 people were suffering from water-borne ailments in affected districts.

Deputy Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee confirmed 1,212 fatalities and said 115 people were still missing.

He said the situation in North 24 Parganas remained critical. The state government had hired a dredger from Calcutta Port Trust to remove a blockade in the bed of the turbulent Icchamati to flush out stagnant floodwater through the Raimangal river.

Over 21 million people have been affected in nine flood-ravaged districts, 1.9 million hectares of crops were destroyed and nearly two million houses damaged.

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