Friday August 24 2007 12:36 IST
JAJPUR: Even as the three rivers - Baitarani, Brahmani and Kharasrota - began receding since Wednesday night, the flood situation continued to be grim in the worst affected Bari block of Jajpur district on Thursday.
While Brahmani and Kharasrota were flowing just below the danger mark, Baitarani has receded. According to official sources, nearly 1.82 lakh people in 104 villages under 35 gram panchayats were marooned till Thursday evening.
Officially, 2.5 lakh people in 189 villages under 53 gram panchayats in Jajpur, Dasarathapur, Binjharpur, Korei, Dharmasala and Bari blocks of the district have been affected.
Meanwhile, vehicular movement on NH-5 to Jajpur Town and Bari- Kuakhia resumed though no communication has been established to Jajpur and Baruan yet. Four persons have died so far in the district.
EPIDEMIC FEAR: Over hundred persons including children from the flood-affected villages of the district have been affected by diarrhoea and other stomach-ailment diseases in the past few days.
At least 40 have been admitted to various hospitals across the district. Most cases have been reported from Sendhapur village under Sunduria gram panchayat and Golkund panchayat of Bari block in the district.
As many as 20 people have been admitted to Brahmabarada primary health centre in Maheswarpur. Sources said three children of Sendhapur and a woman of Golkund village have died of diarrhoea.
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