burdwanmidnaporebehramporearambag with water levels subsiding across six floodhit districts of the state the administrations focus has now shifted to a postdeluge action plan the primary aim will be to prevent outbreak of disease in the affected areas in burdwan people in relief camps like the one at katwa are in panic over waterborne diseases spreading after a foul stench from the decreased water level rent the air the worsthit areas of ghatal and daspur in west midnapore and khanakul ii block in hooghly though remained inundated but officials and locals alike said water was receding in these areas toooutlining the action plan at nabanna officials said the immediate necessity was to supply clean drinking water and medical kits in the floodhit areas work on disinfecting tubewells and other water sources including ponds is on in full swing besides pouches of drinking water and halogen tablets are being distributed in the affected blocks by teams drawn from the public health engineering phe and health departments the phe men deployed pumpsets to clear stagnant water and spread bleaching powder other relief material and baby food are also being distributed with the floodhit areas now accessible with receding water levels in the still inundated areas relief teams are using speedboats to deliver medicines and water pouches to peoplewater and medicines apart officials have drawn up a more elaborate mediumterm plan to rebuild houses damaged in floods though water has receded in their areas many in the floodhit areas had no option but to remain in relief camps till the administrations in their districts remake their homes in arambag some 78 families remain in a relief camp with hooghly district magistrate sanjay bansal declaring that work on rebuilding their damaged homes would begin tuesdayhomes apart repairing breaches in embankments is a key part of the action plan breached embankments that need immediate repair are in mahadevpur dhulian and khodabandhapur in murshidabads farakka area with floods inundating agricultural fields damaging paddy and other crops officials at nabanna said seeds too would be distributed to farmers whose fields had been submerged