Article: 'Officials aren't here, it's a Sunday'.

Byline: Neelesh Misra

Sep. 9--PURNIA -- The Rajasthan government has sent thick blankets worth crores of rupees as relief material to flood victims in Bihar's sweltering heat. But that isn't really the biggest joke in Purnia.

The joke is on Bihar's citizens -- it was what happened to two trucks crammed with sacks of powder milk; what happened to the elderly man shunted around by government offices when all he wanted was to set up a free medical camp, and when an official accused all non-government people trying to run relief camps of being corrupt. Hindustan Times tracked the journey of a sack of milk powder after it travelled from Rajasthan to Bihar ...

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