a month after the super cyclone, which left a trail of death and destruction in the Orissa coast, a nation watched in disbelief Orissa chief minister Giridhar Gamang saying: "We don't know what to do?' The same confusion grips the Central government machinery.

More than 11,000 people have lost their lives. This, many feel, may be an underestimation as rescue teams are yet to reach many of the affected villages. "We have at least 250 villages on the coastline, but we don't know their status,' says an aide of the chief minister. Most of these villages