Minsters are trying to play down the report, which calls the 2015 floods a man-made disaster.

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The metro has neutered the government’s response that is used to operate on a 'propaganda is work' approach.

The people haven't waited for their leaders to act: they have set the pace and risen to occasion.

The rescue team airlifted a seven month pregnant woman and her child from an area in spate in the city.

Flight services resume, meanwhile some train services too have been restored.

A large part of the city remains submerged, trapping people on rooftops with no communication.

Social media says #CloseTasmacDuringReliefWork after drunk men harass citizens outside state-authorised liquor outlet.

The city needed a massive drain expansion in the end-1990s and should have consciously kept away from the lakebeds.

The situation remains grim even as the PM has announced assistance.