A villager carries kittens on a basket towards dry land as he wades through floodwaters, followed by the mother of the kittens, on the outskirts of Cuttack city, about 30 kilometers from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneshwar Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011. Around 700,000 people have been affected by floods in 14 districts of Orissa even as the state government launched relief and rescue measures on a war-footing, according to a news agency.