Heavy rain batters Anandapur

Statesman News Service
KEONJHAR Sept. 25: Incessant rains due to low-pressure has caused damage in the Anandapur sub-division badly, as the Baitarani, the Kusei, the Remal and all the tributaries have been flooded. For the fourth time in this rainy season, the water in the Baitarani river has crossed the danger level of 38.36 metres.
While 30 villages under the Hatadihi block have become submerged, 30,000 people of the Anandapur sub-division, Patna block, Ghasipura block, Joda and Barbil have been affected. Crops have also been badly damaged in the four-day long downpour.
Arjun Sahoo of Jalasuan in Ramchandrapur police station was washed away in the Kusei River, while Giri Gope of Nalda was drowned into a rivulet when he was crossing the culvert over it on the Balani-Barbil road.
Continue downpour has also rendered hundreds of people of Anandapur, Ghasipura, Patna, Joda and Barbil homeless. However, the Anandapur sub-collector and the BDOs are monitoring the situation.

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