Bhubaneswar, Sept. 1 -- Bhubaneswar: As the nation mourns the death of former President and Bharat Ratna awardee Pranab Mukherjee, a man from Odisha's Kendrapara district fondly recounts the day he got the opportunity to take late politician on a bike ride when he visited Odisha in the aftermath of 1999 super cyclone.

Pranab Mukherjee who was then the general secretary of All India Congress Committee under the direction of Sonia Gandhi had visited Kendrapara district after the super cyclone barrelled through coastal State causing probably the greatest cyclonic disaster ever recorded in the last century. Mukherjee visited the cyclone-hit areas for nearly three days and actively worked for the rehabilitation of the victims.

As the roads w...