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The affected Odia people have been working there in a plywood company, said a source.Amid reports that several Odia people are trapped in different parts of the flood-ravaged state, the Odisha government also opened a helpline number 1070 (tollfree) and 0674-2534177 at the SRC office to coordinate help for the people.The SRC said any affected person from Odisha or his/her relatives can contact the numbers seeking help.Earlier, the state government announced Rs 5 crore assistance for relief and restoration works in Kerala.Chief minister Naveen Patnaik also assured all helps to his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan to tackle the situation. BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Friday urged the special relief commissioner (SRC), Kerala to provide minimum assistance like food and water to some 130 people from Odisha taking shelter at a flood ravaged place in the southernmost state.State SRC Bishnupada Sethi, in a letter to his Kerala counterpart PH Kurian, said the people from Odisha have taken shelter in a house at Aluva Munnar Road, Odapally, Near Asha Munnar Post Office in Kerala.Based on an SOS message from one Anil Sethi, the SRC said the Odia people were not able to get food and drinking water for immediate sustenance.“I would, therefore, request you to kindly make necessary arrangement for providing support in terms of food, drinking water and other necessities to the above-mentioned flood affected people of Odisha,” Sethi wrote in his letter.When contacted, Anil, a resident from Konark in Puri district, urged both the state governments at Kerala and Odisha to take steps to rescue them from the flood-ravaged area..