Odisha: 8 lakh cusecs of flood water likely to pass in Mahanadi at Mundali by 12 noon today
Around 8 lakh cusecs of floodwater are expected to pass through the Mahanadi at Mundali near Odisha's Cuttack city by noon, according to the office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) on Thursday.
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Bhubaneswar: Around 8 lakh cusecs of floodwater are expected to pass through the Mahanadi at Mundali near Odisha's Cuttack city by noon, according to the office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) on Thursday.
At Mundali, approximately 7,25,000 cusecs of water flow per second. Collectors in the districts of Angul, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Khurda, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, and Kendrapada have been instructed to take precautionary measures and guard vulnerable embankments.
The SRC has also directed that vulnerable river embankments be patrolled 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the assistance of local police and DoWR engineers, and that people be evacuated from low-lying areas as needed and relocated to safe shelter buildings equipped with light, toilet, water, and food.
Meanwhile, the Badamba Executive Magistrate has imposed Section 144 at Singhanatha Temple and Maa Bhattarika Pitha due to high water levels in the Mahanadi.
The water level in rivers across the state has been rising as a result of the continuous rain over the last two days. At several points, the Baitarani, Bansadhara, Nagabali, and Jalaka rivers have crossed the danger line. At Akhuapada in Bhadrak district, Salandi is swelling while Baitarani is flowing at 19.88m against the danger level of 17.83m. Similarly, in Jajpur, the Budha River, a tributary of the Baitarani River, has been flowing far above the danger mark, flooding some low-lying villages in two blocks of the district. Bhandaripokhari has been cut off from Jajpur completely.
The Batarani is also flowing above the danger mark at Anandpur in Keonjhar district. Around 313 people have been shifted to safe places while 208 houses were damaged, affecting 211 people, due to heavy rains in the district.
Bansadhara too was flowing at 54.90 metres as against the danger mark of 54.60 metres near Kashinagar, triggering flood-like situation in the area, on Wednesday. All rivers were in spate in Rayagada and cracks appeared on the guard wall of a bridge between Sikarpai and Kalyansingpur as a portion of connecting road got washed away in heavy rains. Dakpala and Damigaon of ward no. 2 of Phulbani municipality was cut off from the town with floodwater of Pila Salunki river flowing 4 to 5 ft above the connecting road for the last two days.
Around 14 families have been rescued and more than 3000 people shifted to flood shelters as heavy rains lashed Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) at Palposi village under Jarak GP in Thakurmunda block of Mayurbhanj district. With the collapse of Deo Irrigation project left the canal and another portion near Hatibari, more than 30 villages under Hatibari, Batpasa, Dudhiani and Mirigidi GPs divisions are deluged. Two gates in Sunei dam have also been opened to release the water due to heavy rainfall in STR.
Eight NDRF teams, 13 ODRAF teams and 23 Fire Services teams have been deployed in 15 districts– Bhadrak, Jajpur, Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Sonepur, Boudh, Kandhamal, Balasore, Cuttack, Puri, Khurda, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada– for search and rescue operations.
Another 62 Fire & Emergency Services Teams with boats have also been deployed in Kendrapara (10), Cuttack Sadar (10), Athagarh (8), Jagatsinghpur (9), Khurda (5), Nayagarh (8) and Puri (12) to assist the district administrations.
