It may be recalled that our last editorial about the calamity of flood that struck the state of the Nizam had mentioned the deaths of thousands of people and destruction of a huge amount of property, apart from the stench of bodies left to decompose on the streets for want of men and means for burying them decently. Based on the initial reports, we had guessed that only a thousand people had perished in it. Then news spread that the loss of men amounted to ten thousand. As per the statistics now available, it is estimated that around fifty thousand people had drowned in the deluge. The number of people and cattle washed away by the torrential currents is now anybody’s guess. A part of the metropolis of Hyderabad is completely ruined. In the neighbouring villages, there are people entrusted with the job of burying the dead. It is reported that the number of dead bodies is far higher, and that burying them with the help of these volunteers/workers alone has become quite impossible. That explains why the army had to be called in for burying the putrefied bodies on a war footing. The Nizam has kept all his palaces open for the orphaned, the poor, and those who have been rendered homeless or are otherwise facing hardships. People have been warned against using decayed grains. Sixty kilograms of rice is sold at Rs.1/- . The train journey along the Banswada route has come to a standstill as the rails tracks at many places have been badly affected. The scale of destruction caused by the floods has not been estimated yet. It is learnt that both banks of the River Musi are submerged in flood waters. It rained 36 hours incessantly and in the 15 inches of rain thus fallen, all the prominent places of the metropolis vanished in a jiffy as though in an act of magic. Properties…[text missing]