Bhubaneswar, Oct. 22 -- Malkangiri: The plight of two Anganwadi workers, who would swim across a dangerously flooded river to reach upto their workplace in Malkangiri district, has moved business tycoon Anand Mahindra.

While responding to a Twitterati, who had posted a video of the two Anganwari workers- Hemalalta Sisa and Pramila Penel of Raniguda Pachayat under Chitrakonda village-crossing the flooded river, noted industrialist and Chairman of Mahindra Group, Anand Mahindra, has offered to donate an inflatable boat.

Yesterday was a 'marine' day for me: tweeted about a cycle that works on water & about patrol boats built by Mahindra Marine. But this story is heart-rending. Hiten, would one of our rigid inflatable boats be of use to tha...