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Floods in India leave death toll near 1,000
Large swathes of the city of 15 million lay under water after 944.2 millimetres of rainfall fell in a one-day period ending mid-morning Wednesday, the most rainfall ever recorded in a single day in India. But from Thursday the waters began dropping, leaving, however, mounds of rotting rubbish and thousands of bloated carcasses of cows, oxen and goats. Despite yesterday's rain, soldiers, police and rescue workers pressed on with "Operation Recovery," using bulldozers, cranes and bare hands to remove boulders and rubble from areas hit by landslides earlier in the week, with scores still feared buried under the mud. Naval officers have joined in the rescue operations, a navy spokesman said. Separately, some 130,000 municipal workers were engaged in repairing pot-holed roads and clogged drains and restoring electricity and drinking water. Police officials spread out in the city and used loud hailers to urge residents to stay at home and take no heed of rumours. Rumours of tsunamis "They are telling us not to believe in any false reports and contact them to confirm any rumour that is doing the rounds," said Sanjay Kumar, a resident of the northern suburb of Thane. Police chief A.N. Roy said the step was a "precautionary" one. "The rumours have to be stopped and we are taking every
step towards that direction. There is no reason for panic," he said.
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