CORRECTED-Anger swells over slow relief in India floods

(Corrects name of Red Cross organisation in paragraph 15) HYDERABAD, India, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Rescue workers with boats and helicopters struggled on Tuesday to deliver rations to about 5 million victims of flooding triggered by torrential rains in southern India.

The floods in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, described by officials as the worst in decades in the region, have killed more than 250 people and left some 2.5 million people homeless. They come soon after large parts of the country suffered a drought.

Millions of acres of farmland went under water, raising fears of a fall in sugar output in Karnataka, the country's third-biggest producer. [ID:nDEL495521]

While rains have subsided, fears grew that corn output could also be hit by at least one million tonnes in the two states, which account for about 35 percent of India's total corn production.

With water levels receding at most places, the focus shifted to relief operations. While rescue workers struggled to deliver food and water rations at many places, some victims complained about the slow pace of relief efforts.

"We have no facilities here. Even food and water is not being provided," said a woman at a camp in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh, where people staged a protest during a minister's visit.

Officials said extensive damage to roads made the task of delivering relief supplies difficult.

"Everybody should understand that we are facing the worst floods of our times," said Mukesh Kumar Meena, a local official.

Fears were also growing about damage to the standing sugarcane crop in western Maharashtra state, the country's biggest sugar producer.