Odisha braces for flood like situation as Mahanadi swells

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

Bhubaneswar,
Aug
16:
Odisha
is
bracing
for
a
attainable
flood-like
state of affairs
in
a number of
districts,
with
the
water
degree
of
the
Mahanadi
river
swiftly
rising
following
heavy
rain
in
the
catchment
areas
over
the
final
few
days,
officers
stated.

As
half
of
efforts
to
deal
with
the
circumstances,
the
state
authorities
has
closed
eight
extra
gates
in
the
Hirakud
reservoir,
they
stated,
in accordance
to
information
company
PTI.

Torrential
rain
in
the
higher
and
decrease
catchment
areas
has
led
to
the
rise
in
water
ranges
in
all
tributaries
of
the
Mahanadi,
the
officers
stated.

Odisha,
Bengal
brace
for
heavy
rain;
IMD
points
yellow
alert
for
Mumbai

Particular
Reduction
Commissioner
(SRC)
PK
Jena
stated
extra
water
is
getting into
the
Hirakud
reservoir
due
to
heavy
rainfall
in
the
higher
catchment
areas
in
Chhattisgarh.

The
state of affairs
has
deteriorated
with
the
Tel
river
discharging
over
three
lakh
cusecs
into
the
Mahanadi
river
as a substitute
of
the
anticipated
1.5
lakh
cusecs,
he
stated.

“We
want
to
shut
eight
gates
of
the
Hirakud
Dam
in
order
to
regulate
the
flood
inside
medium
vary.
Water
is
being
discharged
by
26
gates
as a substitute
of
the
34
gates
on
Sunday,”
Mr
Jena
informed
reporters
on
Monday.

At
6
pm
on
Monday,
10.41
lakh
cusecs
of
water
was
flowing
by
the
barrage
and
the
quantity
is
doubtless
to
enhance
additional.

The
state
authorities
is
making an attempt
to
hold
the
flood
water
quantity
inside
10.5
lakh
cusecs
close to
Cuttack,
and
due to this fact
there
is
no
various
however
to
shut
eight
gates,
the
SRC
stated.

In
view
of
the
impending
flood,
the
authorities
have
requested
collectors
of
districts
involved
and
engineers
of
the
water
sources
division
to
be
on
alert
and
monitor
the
state of affairs.
Particular
directions
have
been
issued
to
officers
of
Cuttack,
Jagatsinghpur,
Kendrapara
and
Puri
districts
to
stay
ready
for
any
eventuality.

Although
no
main
river
embankments
have
been
breached,
incessant
rain
has
already
inundated
a number of
areas
in
Sambalpur,
Bargarh,
Subarnapur,
Boudh,
Kandhamal
and
Cuttack
districts,
officers
stated.

Jena
added
that
the
Odisha
authorities
has
elevated
the
quantity
of
rescue
groups
to
32
from
22
and
the
Nationwide
Catastrophe
Reduction
Pressure,
Odisha
Catastrophe
Fast
Motion
Pressure
and
hearth
service
personnel
have
been
mobilised
in
susceptible
areas.

The
meteorological
division
in
its
newest
bulletin
stated
extraordinarily
heavy
rain
of
over
204
mm
pounded
elements
of
Kalahandi,
Kandhamal,
Koraput,
Nabarangpur
and
Sambalpur
until
8.30
am
on
Monday.