With incessant rains lashing the region, there is nowhere to go for these people. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
With most of the enbankments breached, the people have only umbrellas for cold comfort. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
The fisherfolk of Sundarbans have been advised not to venture into the rough seas' any time soon. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
Island dwellers wait for their turn to collect their relief materials distributed by an NGO in North 24 Parganas on September 6, 2009. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
People travelling in search of safer places since the protective embankments have been washed away by the rains. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
A woman moves to a safer place at Mathbari in North 24 Parganas on September 6, 2009. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury