Major flood looms massive in Mahanadi, 7 Odisha districts face risk
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By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: A serious flood looms massive in Mahanadi because the catchment areas of the river and its tributaries continued to expertise heavy rainfall for the final three days underneath the affect of a low strain within the Bay of Bengal.
Even as eight gates of Hirakud dam had been closed on Monday afternoon as a part of flood management measures, Mahanadi’s tributaries – Tel and Indravati have been constantly feeding the system along with the water launched from the reservoir. The influx of water to the dam elevated to eight.5 lakh cusec towards an anticipated 7 lakh cusec.
The floodwater is now being launched via 26 gates as towards 34 gates earlier. The reopening of gates cannot be dominated out as rain is but to cease within the catchment areas and the forecast is that the area is predicted to expertise extra rains within the coming days.
Development Commissioner and Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) PK Jena mentioned anticipating a serious flood in Mahanadi river, it was determined to shut eight gates of Hirakud dam until 9 am on Tuesday.
“Though there is no such thing as a vital rainfall within the decrease catchment areas of Mahanadi, its higher catchment areas are experiencing rainfall. However, the closing down of gates of Hirakud dam will result in discount of 1.2 lakh cusec of water. Now over 10 lakh cusec or water is passing via Mundali,” mentioned Jena.
Tel and Indravati are in spate following torrential rains in Sonepur, Boudh, Nabarangpur, Balangir and Kalahandi including to the woes. The most 368 mm rainfall was recorded at Thuamul Rampur, 157 mm in Bhawanipatna, 218.2 mm in Kalampur, 182 mm in Jaipatna, 144 mm in Junagarh and 182.4 mm in Lanjigarh.
Similarly, Dabugaon block in Nabarangpur acquired 241 mm, adopted by 293 mn in Kotpad, 212 mm in Baliguda and Kandhamal’ Nuagaon block skilled 235 mm rainfall.
The State authorities has sounded flood alert in Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Sonepur, Nayagarh and Boudh districts and requested Collectors to stay ready for reduction and rehabilitation actions. Twenty fireplace preventing groups and 12 catastrophe speedy motion forces have been deployed in these districts.
Meanwhile, a number of villages underneath Athagarh and Banki blocks in Cuttack district, Kakatpur in Puri and Kalampur block in Kalahandi have been inundated. Kani river, a tributary of Baitarani, breached embankment close to Brahmacharipatna underneath Jajpur’s inundating close by villages.
BHUBANESWAR: A serious flood looms massive in Mahanadi because the catchment areas of the river and its tributaries continued to expertise heavy rainfall for the final three days underneath the affect of a low strain within the Bay of Bengal.
Even as eight gates of Hirakud dam had been closed on Monday afternoon as a part of flood management measures, Mahanadi’s tributaries – Tel and Indravati have been constantly feeding the system along with the water launched from the reservoir. The influx of water to the dam elevated to eight.5 lakh cusec towards an anticipated 7 lakh cusec.
The floodwater is now being launched via 26 gates as towards 34 gates earlier. The reopening of gates cannot be dominated out as rain is but to cease within the catchment areas and the forecast is that the area is predicted to expertise extra rains within the coming days.
Development Commissioner and Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) PK Jena mentioned anticipating a serious flood in Mahanadi river, it was determined to shut eight gates of Hirakud dam until 9 am on Tuesday.
“Though there is no such thing as a vital rainfall within the decrease catchment areas of Mahanadi, its higher catchment areas are experiencing rainfall. However, the closing down of gates of Hirakud dam will result in discount of 1.2 lakh cusec of water. Now over 10 lakh cusec or water is passing via Mundali,” mentioned Jena.
Tel and Indravati are in spate following torrential rains in Sonepur, Boudh, Nabarangpur, Balangir and Kalahandi including to the woes. The most 368 mm rainfall was recorded at Thuamul Rampur, 157 mm in Bhawanipatna, 218.2 mm in Kalampur, 182 mm in Jaipatna, 144 mm in Junagarh and 182.4 mm in Lanjigarh.
Similarly, Dabugaon block in Nabarangpur acquired 241 mm, adopted by 293 mn in Kotpad, 212 mm in Baliguda and Kandhamal’ Nuagaon block skilled 235 mm rainfall.
The State authorities has sounded flood alert in Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Sonepur, Nayagarh and Boudh districts and requested Collectors to stay ready for reduction and rehabilitation actions. Twenty fireplace preventing groups and 12 catastrophe speedy motion forces have been deployed in these districts.
Meanwhile, a number of villages underneath Athagarh and Banki blocks in Cuttack district, Kakatpur in Puri and Kalampur block in Kalahandi have been inundated. Kani river, a tributary of Baitarani, breached embankment close to Brahmacharipatna underneath Jajpur’s inundating close by villages.
