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FLOOD HAVOC IN ORISSA, 2009 |
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Wednesday, 15 July 2009 17:12 |
- At least 20 persons have perished in flash floods so far though official toll remained at 15. With several Districts experiencing heavy downpour since Monday, the Administrations have been geared up.
- The swollen Bansadhara was flowing above the danger mark at Kashinagar posing threat to downstream areas in Andhra Pradesh. With road links snapped between Koraput and Rayagada, buses bound for other regions of the State from Koraput have been diverted through Andhra Pradesh.
- Nayagarh district received a record 302 mm rainfall in the last two days as against average annual rainfall of 288 mm resulting in flash floods in many areas. Two Gram Panchayats remained cut off as the bridge over Brutanga Nullah collapsed. Five important roads of the district were washed away.
- Nearly 250 families in 27 villages of the district have been affected as flood water entered their houses.
- Last night, seven persons had perished in the district when their bus fell into a rivulet at Madhyakhanda. Three persons were swept away when they were crossing a swollen rivulet of Nagabali by a boat at Bandhugaon area of Koraput District. In Keonjhar District, three persons, including a fisherman, drowned in Ramian rivulet in Telkoi Block. Reports reaching from Kandhamal said two persons, including a school teacher Maheswar Rana, were swept away in flood water.
- The Government announced financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh each to the next of the kin of the deceased. Revenue Minister S N Patra, said the Government will bear the medical expenses of the persons who have been rescued from the bus which was swept away in Nayagarh. Meanwhile all the major rivers in the state are flowing above their respective danger levels at many places. The rains also caused breaches on roads in the districts of Koraput, Ganjam and Kandhamal, snapping communication in south Orissa. Flash floods in Baitarini River and its tributary Kharosotra have snapped communication links at several places. The situation is equally grim in 70 riverside villages of Aul and Rajkanika Blocks. The low pressure is likely to concentrate into a depression in the next 24 hours, thus inducing widespread rains over the State during the next 48 hours, the Met department said.
People crossing an overflowing bridge on Badanadi in Ganjam District
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