The central BSS team sets off from Cuttack.

Signs of devastation at Goda village.

MSC ran a well equipped hospital at Padmapur village.

Inside MSC's hospital at Padmapur.

The only cyclone shelter in the whole region existed atPadmapur village. It saved the lives of about 2000 people. If more such shelters existed, the loss of life would have been minimal. Today it houses the base camp of MSC.

A child being treated at one of MSC's camps in a surviving school building.

Such decaying bodies are still found all around. This picture was taken on 4th December -- 5 weeks after the disaster -- on the main passageway leading to Ramtara village. Quo vadis, government?

People are now living in such shanties made with coconut leaves. This is the same spot where this lady's house stood. Now there is no trace of whatever was there.

This place used to be a green belt. Now not a single tree is found standing.

Almost-ripe crop of rice destroyed. The saline water will make cultivation impossible for some years to come. A grave danger of famine looms large. How will the people survive?

BSS and MSC's camp at Ramtara village.

There is nothing green left in what used to be a lush green piece of land.

There were houses in these spaces. Now no sign of them. Everything has been washed away leaving plain flat land.

Only this door (with lock intact) stands at this spot. There used to be a whole house behind it.

The beautiful beach at Ramtara island. This is the place which bore the full brunt of the 260 kmph supercyclone.

The main source of living of the people here was fishing. Now not a single fishing boat exists. The remains of this boat was hurled 4km inland.

Distribution of blankets at Balipatna village.

The public kitchen run at Balipatna village.