Odisha weather: The IMD issued a ‘red’ alert of extremely heavy rainfall in seven districts, an ‘orange’ warning for 16 and a ‘yellow’ alert for the remaining seven districts. Almost all parts of the state have been receiving heavy rain since Wednesday.
At least one person died and two others went missing due to landslide as heavy rains lashed Odisha under low pressure over Bay of Bengal. Heavy rains affected normal life in the state with widespread waterlogging in several areas. The intensity of the rain increased as the depression crossed the state’s coast near Gopalpur in Ganjam district on Thursday evening.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a ‘red’ alert of extremely heavy rainfall in seven districts, an ‘orange’ warning for 16 and a ‘yellow’ alert for the remaining seven districts. Almost all parts of the state have been receiving heavy rain since Wednesday, especially the coastal and southern regions.
Seventy-year-old Kartika Shabara and his son Rajib Shabara went missing as a landslide struck in an area near Pekat under the Rayagarh block in the district, the SP said. “Rescue operations are being carried out. The roads connecting Rayagarh with Nuagarh and R Udaygiri have been cut off,” he said.
Twenty-four tourists were rescued from the Mahendragiri Hills as they were stranded due to a landslide, he said. In view of severe damage due to heavy rain, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi asked Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhasan Jena to reach the district and oversee the rescue operation. Majhi also directed the special relief commissioner to provide immediate assistance required by the district administration.
Two persons suffered injury after a decorative bamboo gate, erected on the occasion of Durga Puja at Balikuda, collapsed, and they were admitted to a local community health centre, police said.State revenue department officials said that heavy rain triggered landslides in Gajapti, Rayagada and Koraput districts, while some trees fell in Ganjam.
The Santragachi-Yesvantpur Weekly Express was rescheduled. Rainwater submerged a bridge in the Koraput district, disrupting vehicular movement on National Highway 326, connecting Odisha with Andhra Pradesh, the officials said.The administration deployed disaster management teams and machinery in vulnerable districts to tackle the situation, and fishermen have been advised not to venture into the sea along and off the Odisha coast till October 3, the officials said.
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