Incessant rain claims 5 lives in Odisha
By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: A wall collapsing and a tree department coming down attributable to incessant rain triggered by a deep melancholy claimed 5 lives in several components of the state within the final 24 hours.
The deceased embrace three minors, two from Mayurbhanj and one from Koraput district.
As per experiences, two minor ladies Sweety Giri (11) and Niharika Giri (4) died whereas their mother and father Anil Kumar Giri and Rita Giri sustained vital accidents after the wall of their thatched home at Bhulabedha village inside Bisoi block of Rairangpur sub-division in Mayurbhanj collapsed attributable to heavy rainfall since Friday evening.
The mishap passed off at round 2 am when a portion of the wall fell on them whereas they have been sleeping.
Locals, who rushed to the spot to rescue the members of the family, shifted the injured mother and father to Rairangpur sub-divisional hospital.
Two different daughters of Anil escaped unharmed within the incident.
The BDO and Tehsildar in-charge Bhagbat Prasad Mohapatra who visited the spot stated a police staff is wanting into the matter. “It was found that the mishap took place due to collapse of the front wall of the house on the family members,” Mohapatra stated.
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Meanwhile, the district administration has supplied an ex-gratia of Rs 40000 from the Red Cross fund and Rs 4000 from the Harishchandra Yojana to the household.
Apart from the 2 minor ladies, a cook dinner on the Rairangpur sub-divisional hospital, Sukumar Mohanta (40), a local of Chhanpal village, died after the department of a tree fell on him at Durga Mandap chowk in Rairangpur city.
The incident passed off on Friday night when Mohanta and one in every of his colleagues have been going to the hospital on a two-wheeler.
Another sufferer, Priyanshu Rajbhatra, a nine-year-old boy from Nua Sahi space of Gandhi Nagar in Koraput city, died after a wall collapsed on Saturday morning.
His father Suman Rajbhatra stated the mishap occurred at round 6 am when a portion of the toilet wall of their home collapsed on his son. An ODRAF staff that reached the spot recovered the physique of the minor boy from the particles.
In the same incident, Dutika Behera, a girl from Tikarpada village of Mahadeijoda panchayat in Keonjhar district, additionally died attributable to a wall collapse following heavy rain within the locality. Her husband was additionally reportedly wounded within the mishap.
Incessant rain triggered by the deep melancholy over Bay of Bengal has pounded the state within the final 24 hours inflicting a flood-like scenario in components of north-coastal districts.
Met officers stated two locations recorded extraordinarily heavy rainfall, whereas 27 locations obtained very heavy rainfall. Besides, 49 extra locations recorded heavy rainfall.
Bhogorai in Balasore district recorded the utmost rainfall of 226 mm adopted by 211 mm rainfall in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district.
BHUBANESWAR: A wall collapsing and a tree department coming down attributable to incessant rain triggered by a deep melancholy claimed 5 lives in several components of the state within the final 24 hours.
The deceased embrace three minors, two from Mayurbhanj and one from Koraput district.
As per experiences, two minor ladies Sweety Giri (11) and Niharika Giri (4) died whereas their mother and father Anil Kumar Giri and Rita Giri sustained vital accidents after the wall of their thatched home at Bhulabedha village inside Bisoi block of Rairangpur sub-division in Mayurbhanj collapsed attributable to heavy rainfall since Friday evening.
The mishap passed off at round 2 am when a portion of the wall fell on them whereas they have been sleeping.
Locals, who rushed to the spot to rescue the members of the family, shifted the injured mother and father to Rairangpur sub-divisional hospital.
Two different daughters of Anil escaped unharmed within the incident.
The BDO and Tehsildar in-charge Bhagbat Prasad Mohapatra who visited the spot stated a police staff is wanting into the matter. “It was found that the mishap took place due to collapse of the front wall of the house on the family members,” Mohapatra stated.
ALSO READ | Odisha floods: Four districts stare at deluge, CM Naveen appeals for calm
Meanwhile, the district administration has supplied an ex-gratia of Rs 40000 from the Red Cross fund and Rs 4000 from the Harishchandra Yojana to the household.
Apart from the 2 minor ladies, a cook dinner on the Rairangpur sub-divisional hospital, Sukumar Mohanta (40), a local of Chhanpal village, died after the department of a tree fell on him at Durga Mandap chowk in Rairangpur city.
The incident passed off on Friday night when Mohanta and one in every of his colleagues have been going to the hospital on a two-wheeler.
Another sufferer, Priyanshu Rajbhatra, a nine-year-old boy from Nua Sahi space of Gandhi Nagar in Koraput city, died after a wall collapsed on Saturday morning.
His father Suman Rajbhatra stated the mishap occurred at round 6 am when a portion of the toilet wall of their home collapsed on his son. An ODRAF staff that reached the spot recovered the physique of the minor boy from the particles.
In the same incident, Dutika Behera, a girl from Tikarpada village of Mahadeijoda panchayat in Keonjhar district, additionally died attributable to a wall collapse following heavy rain within the locality. Her husband was additionally reportedly wounded within the mishap.
Incessant rain triggered by the deep melancholy over Bay of Bengal has pounded the state within the final 24 hours inflicting a flood-like scenario in components of north-coastal districts.
Met officers stated two locations recorded extraordinarily heavy rainfall, whereas 27 locations obtained very heavy rainfall. Besides, 49 extra locations recorded heavy rainfall.
Bhogorai in Balasore district recorded the utmost rainfall of 226 mm adopted by 211 mm rainfall in Phiringia block of Kandhamal district.
