Orissa flood situation worsens	RSS

KalingaTimes Correspondent Bhubaneswar/Balasore, Sep 24: The flood situation in Orissa turned grim on Monday with over 13 lakh people affected in as many as six districts. Balasore district was badly hit by the latest round of floods with rivers such as Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga, Jalaka and Kansabansha flowing over the danger level at several locations. District authorities in Balasore said that the floods had affected the people in 159 villages spread over six blocks of the district.

This is the fifth round of flood to hit Balasore district this year. The blocks that had been badly hit by the floods were Basta, Remuna, Simulia, Soro and Bahanaga. The other districts that had been hit by the current floods include Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Kendrapara. Heavy rains under the influence of a depression over the Bay of Bengal during the past week had caused floods in several rivers in the State. While affecting road communication, floods also affected movement of trains on Monday. Several trains were cancelled or delayed due to the floods. The flood situation in the State was likely to remain grim as heavy to very heavy rainfall likely to occur at few places over upper Brahmani and upper Mahanadi catchments during next 24 hours, according to the flood bulletin of the Water Resources Department.