Orissa is nowhere near eliminating leprosy - despite the work carried out by the State Health Department - after the sudden cut in the Central grant from Rs 153 lakh to Rs 70 lakh. According to sources, during the Modified Leprosy Elimination Campaign (MLEC), the State Health Department had detected 62,844 cases instead of an expected 35,000. Many are miffed by the fact that the labour undertaken by the department had not been given due notice by the Centre.