Odisha CM takes stock of flood situation in Malkangiri, Nabarangpur districts

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday took stock of flood situation in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts through video conferencing with the collectors of these two districts.

Collector of Malkangiri D Prashant Kumar Reddy informed that at least 423 houses have been damaged due to the rain and roads between Malkangiri and Kalimela have been disrupted due to flash flood.

Though the intensity of rain has lessened in Malkangiri, about 600 people have been shifted to relief camps as their houses were damaged, the Collector said, adding the relief materials including dry food packets are being distributed among the affected families.

Nabarangpur Collector Rashmita Panda said the authorities have stocked adequate materials. The water level in Indravati and Bhaskel rivers were below danger level.

Patnaik asked both the collectors to assess the extent of damage and take steps for repair of damaged roads at the earliest.

Orissa Government approves flood control projects worth of Rs 2,850 crore
Friday, March 19, 2010

Report by Dipti Ranjan Kanungo;
Bhubaneswar: The meeting of 36th state flood Control Board held in the Orissa secretariat on Friday under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The board has approved several flood control projects worth Rs 2,850 crore.
The Board gave his nod for two major projects to be implemented over rivers Subernarekha and Baitarani besides 121 proposals for controlling flood in different river systems.

Subernarekha river, which emerges from Chhotnagpur area of Jharkhand, crossed 245 miles though Orissa's Mayurbhanj and Balasore districts, before merging with the Bay of Bengal. It does not have any reservoir to check flood water during monsoon.

During monsoon, flood water of Subarnarekha creates havoc in northern districts of Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak and Keonjhar ( Salandi Renovation Project ) Rs 933.16 crore, Rs 62.67 Crore for Brahmani System ( Brahmani-Kelua – Birupa Island ) , Rs 1855 Crore for 121 different projects has been sanctioned.

The proposal has been submitted to the centre government to declaire National Project to the Rengali Project.

Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei, Legislature Pratap Keshari Deb, Prasanta Kumar Muduli, Chief Secretary Tarun Kanti Mishra, Development Commissioner Satya Prakash Nanda, Member of Board of Revenue Smt Rajalaxmi, Agriculture Production Commissioner R.M.Senapaty were present.

Inadequate relief to deluge-hit criticised
Tuesday October 2 2007 10:10 IST

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BALASORE: The BJP leaders of Balasore have joined hands with Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in slamming the State Government for failing to provide succour to the flood-hit people of north Orissa districts.

Ex-MLA and former district president of BJP Jiban Pradip Dash has threatened to hit the streets if the Government failed to provide relief to all the flood victims of the district in seven days.

��Though the district administration claims to have distributed relief materials to all the flood victims, in reality, thousands of deluge-hit people are starving in remote areas of the district. Besides, people are in immediate need of polythene sheets, safe drinking water and food items,�� Dash said.

��In many areas, water has not been disinfected, no medical team has visited the worst-hit pockets of flood-affected blocks and halogen tablets have not been distributed due to lack of coordination among the officials concerned,�� he added.

The BJP leader�s statements have come as a bolt from the blue as BJP is a partner of the coalition Government.

A day earlier, a host of NCP leaders including Ashok Das, Bijay Mohapatra, Arun Dey, Anadi Sahu and Amar Satapathy who had visited Sadar, Basta and Remuna blocks of Balasore district blamed the Government for its indifferent attitude towards the flood victims.

Earlier, Central Minister Chandrasekhar Sahu and PCC president Jaydev Jena too had pointed out inadequate relief distribution after visiting Simulia, Soro and Khaira blocks.

Close shave for Orissa MLA as relief boat capsizes	RSS

KalingaTimes Correspondent
Kendrapara (Orissa): A mechanised boat carrying relief material, which Pattamundai MLA Kishore Chandra Tarai had boarded, capsized in the flooded Brahmani river near Malapatana-Manikpur village of this
district late Monday evening.

As luck would have it, eight person on board including Tarai and Nishikanta Pradhan, chairman Pattamundai Panchayat Samiti had a close
shave.

The survivors swam to safety while the sunken boat and the relief materials could not be retrieved, according to official sources.

Both the MLA and Panchayat Samiti Chairman sustained injuries on leg and head. The injury, however, was of minor nature.

The ill-fated vessel was caught in strong current of floodwaters and developed technical snags. Later it stopped moving.

The group on the board got panicky resulting in the capsisal of the boat, added sources.

The team led by Tarai was on its way to flood affected villages to distribute relief materials among the people.

Orissa reels under floods following heavy rains

From our ANI Correspondent

Balasore (Orissa), Sept 27: Orissa is reeling under floods caused by heavy rains over the past few days across the state.
The situation in Balasore district continued to be grim for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday with three major rivers still in spate, leaving hundreds of villagers here marooned.

Floodwaters have entered the Balasore municipality area and two other urban local bodies of Jaleswar and Nilagiri, inundating low-lying areas and damaging thatched houses.

"It is a severe flood situation here. I haven't seen such kind of flood in our area in my lifetime. The government has not provided any kind of help, no relief has been provided to us, no polythene bags, no food, nothing has reached us," said Bhikari Mallick, a flood victim.

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88 Killed In India Flooding In September

September 30, 2007 10:02 a.m. EST

Preciosa Dumlao - AHN Writer

Kolkata, India (AHN) - Since the start of September, at least 88 people have died in rain-related accidents in eastern India, and tens of thousands have been stranded in government relief camps, reports said.

In recent days, rain-related accidents in the state of West Bengal have claimed 48 lives, a relief minister said Saturday.

"The death toll rose to 48 today with 19 more people dying of snake bites, electrocutions and wall collapses," Relief minister Mortaza Hossain was quoted as saying by Agency France Press.

"More than three million people have been displaced by the flooding in eight districts," he said.

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Almost 90 dead in fresh India monsoon rains

Sep 29, 2007

KOLKATA, India (AFP) — At least 88 people have died in rain-related accidents in eastern India since the start of September with tens of thousands stranded in state-run relief camps, officials said.

Rain-related accidents in the state of West Bengal have claimed 48 lives there in recent days, a minister told AFP.

"The death toll rose to 48 today with 19 more people dying of snake bites, electrocutions and wall collapses," said relief minister Mortaza Hossain on Saturday.

"More than three million people have been displaced by the flooding in eight districts."

Some 200,000 homes have also been destroyed, state officials said, but added that the situation was under control with boats rescuing people from roof-tops and houses.

The situation in eastern Orissa state was also grim with 40 dead this month, many in recent days, Manmohan Samal, minister for revenue and disaster management in the state, told AFP Friday.

The floods had cost the Orissa exchequer some 275 million dollars, the state government said, but no new deaths were reported from the state Saturday and rains appeared to be diminishing.

More than 3,100 people have been killed by rain and floods in India since the start of the June to September monsoons, the latest figures available from India's home ministry showed.

Croc alert sounded in flooded areas of Orissa

KalingaTimes Correspondent
Kendrapara (Orissa), Sep 28: Apprehending possible straying of crocodiles into the flooded river water, the state forest department on Friday sounded caution asking people in three flood-hit blocks of this coastal district of not to venture into water bodies.

As Brahmani besides its tributary Kharasrota river are in spate, there is likelihood that estuarine crocs may stray into the flooded river from their habitat in Bhitarkanika river system, maintained Ajay Kumar Jena, Divisional Forest Officer, Rajnagar forest division.

The water bodies in Bhitarkanika where the salt-water crocs are safely ensconced owe its origin to these rivers. These rivers meander through Bhitarkanika innumerable water bodies before plunging into confluence on the Bay of Bengal.

From the experience of past years, there is distinct possibility that crocs would march towards the flooded river water along the Aul, Rajkanika and Rajnagar tehsil.

"We have asked the tehsildars and block development officers of the concerned region on the crocs' intrusion to ensure the safety of villagers of these areas," noted Jena.

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India floods Information Bulletin No.4

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 185 countries.

In Brief

This Bulletin is being issued for information only, and reflects the situation and the information available at this time. The Federation is not seeking funding or other assistance from donors for this operation at this time.

The Situation

Following heavy monsoon rains that led to floods in different parts of India during the months of June-July 2007, the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Gujarat and Orissa were once again hit by very heavy rainfall over the weekend of 22-23 September 2007 (sources: United Nations Development Programme and All India Radio).

Orissa: One of the hardest hit areas was Orissa where, under the influence of the depression formed over the Bay of Bengal on 21st September, most of the coastal districts experienced heavy rain for three days. On 23rd September, the depression lay over Angur district in the interior of Orissa.

As on 23rd September, five people (three in Cuttack and two in Bhubaneshwar) were reported to have been killed in the state. Large areas in six blocks of Balasore district were waterlogged. Flash floods were reported in the Budhabalanga river. In Bhadrak district, the Baitarani river crossed the danger level on 23rd September, and a breach on the embankment of the river was closed down immediately. However, the river levels have now started receding. The district administration is keeping a close vigil on the situation and has initiated relief distribution in affected areas.

According to a report prepared on the basis of inter-agency coordination, some key details of the flood situation in Orissa are as follows:

- Continuous heavy rainfall due to low pressure in the southern and coastal parts of the state has resulted in a rise of water levels in all the major river systems, except the Mahanadi system. The heavy rain in the Chhattisgarh region may have an impact on the Mahanadi river system.

- Balasore district has been affected by floods for the third time this monsoon season. Approximately 500,000 people and 415 villages were affected. The road connection has been cut off between Baliapal and Basta. Eleven fishermen were rescued from Balaramgadi.

- Approximately 200,000 people having been severely affected in Mayurbhanj district.

- River Baitarani is expected to touch the danger level in Bhadrak and Jajpur districts. Large parts of Jajpur district have been affected due to floods in the Brahmani river.

- In southern Orissa, the water levels in the two major river systems, i.e. the Bansdhara and Rishikulya, are rising, with Bansdhara being expected to touch the danger level.

- In Cuttack district, 270 mm rainfall was recorded and seven breaches have occurred in the Sapua river. About 50 feet of road has been washed away between Cuttack and Narasinghpur.

- Tidal waves affected 611 families in Kendrapara district and washed away 50 metres of sea shore in Paradeep port.

- In Jagatsinghpur district, 1,000 thatched houses were damaged due to heavy rain and areas covered under 19 village administrative units were affected.

- In Nayagarh district, heavy rain over four days cut off 21 villages from the district headquarters.

- The Special Relief Commissioner for Orissa has deployed the Orissa Disaster Relief Action Force for search and rescue in Mayurbhanj district.

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39 killed, 4.5 million affected in latest Orissa floods

Posted : Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:33:01 GMT
Bhubaneswar, Sep 28 - More than four million people have been affected and 39 killed in the torrential rain and flash floods in Orissa in the last fortnight, the state government said Friday.Though the floodwaters have started receding in the rivers passing through the state, the situation in the worst-hit northern districts including Balasore and Bhadrak has yet to improve.A fresh spell of rain Friday caused by a depression over the Bay of Bengal off the Vishakhapatnam coast in Andhra Pradesh led to panic among the flood victims in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Mayurbhanj districts.Relief and rescue operations have been hampered due to flooding of roads in several parts of the state. A shortage of boats has added to the problem.An estimated 4.5 million people were affected by the current floods, the fourth this year, that caused havoc in 12 of the state's 30 districts including six coastal districts. The total loss from the floods has been pegged at Rs.11 billion, the state government said in a memorandum.

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Rains hamper flood relief in Orissa
Friday September 28 2007 00:07 IST

PTI

BHUBANESWAR: Relief and rescue operations were affected in six flood-hit districts of Orissa as heavy rains lashed many areas on Thursday, compounding the plight of over 28 lakh people.

Fresh rains lashed parts of Kendrapara, Cuttack, and Khurda districts this morning making it difficult for relief officials and volunteers to reach far-flung areas, official sources said.

Relief material failed to reach many areas in Balasore, Bhadrak and Kendrapara districts due to inadequate deployment of boats and heavy rains, the sources said.

In a bid to prevent possible outbreak of water-borne diseases, the district administration has launched a vigorous drive to distribute halogen tablets and disinfect water sources in Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Mayurbhanj, Cuttack and Khurda districts, the sources said.

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CM seeks Rs 750 crore Central help for flood relief

Statesman News Service
BHUBANESWAR, Sept. 27: Chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik today met the Union home minister Mr Shivraj Patil at New Delhi and presented a memorandum for flood assistance of Rs 750 crore.
The memorandum outlined the damages caused by the recent spell of floods.
Preliminary estimates have shown that the damages caused by the recent floods are in the range of Rs 1,085 crore.
More than 64,000 houses have been damaged and 4 lakh hectares inundated in various parts of the state this season.
This is the second such memorandum, which has been presented by the state government to the central government. The first memorandum of Rs 306 crore was submitted in July.
The chief minister impressed upon the home minister to immediately release the funds to the state government based on the earlier memorandum.
He also requested deputation of a central team for assessment of the damage.
The minister assured that the central team will visit Orissa soon.
Mr Patnaik also discussed regarding two important Bills, which are awaiting the assent of the President of India. The Bills passed by the Orissa Legislative Assembly are the Special Courts Bill and The Orissa Urban Police Bill. The Special Courts Bill empowers the state government to set up special courts to try corruption cases and to confiscate properties acquired by officials and public servants disproportionate to their known source of income.

Floods hit Orissa hard, 23 dead

Statesman News Service
BHUBANESWAR, Sept. 26: The upper air circulation over the coastal areas of the state and the forecast of more rains in the next 24 hours compounded the miseries of 26 lakh flood affected people across seven districts.
Floods have already claimed 23 lives and rendered thousands homeless. Agricultural lands remained submerged even though the rivers continued to recede for the second day today.
Official sources said relief and rescue operations are in full swing and over Rs 1.45 crore has already been released from the calamity relief fund.
People have been marooned in Balasore, where the Budhabalanga and Subernarekha rivers have become flooded. Several parts of the district have been cut off.
While complaints of relief not reaching the affected districts, the officials claimed that they had already despatched huge quantities of rice and other food stuff. There was no respite from the rains as a low pressure over the Bay of Bengal caused showers.

Repair orders
Works and Housing minister Mr AU Singh Deo today directed the departmental officers and engineers to repair the roads that have been damaged in the recent rains. Estimates show that a total of Rs 108 crore is required for the restoration work.
A review of the damages caused by floods revealed that about 204 roads under the works department in 10 districts have been affected in the rains. There have been breaches on the roads at 53 places, out of which 23 have been repaired. The repair work on the other breaches are on .
Mr Singh Deo took stock of the whole situation and the reviewed the requirement of funds for undertaking repair and restoration work.

Situation grim in Jajpur dist
Wednesday September 26 2007 14:00 IST

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

JAJPUR: Even as the water level in Baitarani began receding on Tuesday afternoon, flood situation in Bari, Jajpur, Korei and Dasarathpur blocks in Jajpur district continues to be grim for the third consecutive day.

Although the river Baitarini was flowing at 18.60 metres against the red mark of 17.83 metres on Tuesday evening, it showed a downward trend since afternoon.

The rivers Brahmani and Kharasrota were still flowing above the danger mark. Official sources said over 2.5 lakh people in 196 villages under 58 GPs have been affected.

EPIDEMIC: Over 100 persons of the flood-affected villages have been reportedly affected by diarrhoea.

Non-stop shower cripples life
Sunday September 23 2007 04:26 IST

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

BHUBANESWAR: As the depression over the Bay of Bengal crossed Orissa coast near Puri on Saturday evening, an unrelenting spell of rain completely threw normal life out of gear in coastal and southern districts, claiming at least five lives.

While continuous rains threatened another round of floods, what caused havoc was severe waterlogging, bringing life to a complete stop. Bhubaneswar and Cuttack were the worst hit and all five deaths, caused by wall collapse, were reported from these two areas.

Relentless rains left almost all the rivers in spate. By evening, Mahanadi was rising at Khairamal and Naraj while Devi was swelling too. Baitarani and Brahmani too rose at some stations.

In northern Orissa, Budhabalanga was rising at all its gauge points, while Subarnarekha too was in spate. Bansandhara and Rushikulya in southern parts of the State continued to rise with rains showing little signs of abating during the next 48 hours.

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Flood situation grim
Wednesday September 26 2007 13:24 IST

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

BHUBANESWAR: The recent flash floods triggered by incessant rains following a depression have so far claimed 10 lives and affected over four lakh people spread over three North Orissa districts.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik made an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas and reviewed the situation. Naveen directed the collectors of the affected districts to provide safe drinking water and ensure health services to the people.

Official sources said the loss of life is less due to the repeated prior warning and timely evacuation of around 40,000 people to safer places. The flood situation in Balasore district worsened on Tuesday with three major rivers flowing above the danger mark and inundating more areas.

Balasore Sadar, Remuna, Bahanaga, Soro, Simulia and Nilgiri blocks of Balasore district and G B Nagar, Udala, Kaptipada, Betanati, Shyamakhunta, Kuliana and Badasahi blocks of Mayurbhanj and Dhamnagar, Tihidi and Chandbali blocks of Bhadrak are the worst affected. While three each died in Bhubaneswar and Nialia area of Cuttack, two died in Udala subdivision in Mayurbhanj district due to wall collapse.

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Over 16 lakhs hit by Orissa floods

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 26 (PTI): Relief and rehabilitation measures were Tuesday stepped up in six flood-ravaged districts of Orissa where swollen rivers continued to flow above the danger mark affecting more than 16 lakh people.

Though rain's fury subsided in many places, vast areas in Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Kendrapara, Cuttack and Jajpur districts were submerged in flood waters, paralysing normal life and leaving many marooned, official sources said.

Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik, who undertook an aerial survey of the affected areas, asked authorities to intensify relief work and provide medical assistance, besides carrying out rescue operations.

The flood situation remained grim in Balasore district where the Subarnarekha river was flowing around one-metre above the danger mark and water level was steadily rising, sources said, adding water level in the Budhabalanga also remained above the danger level.

Relief measures were in full swing in the district where 13 boats were pressed into service for distribution of essential items in inaccessible areas as an estimated 6.5 lakh people were affected in 12 blocks of Balasore.

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Rain havoc continues in Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal
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Sep 26: Heavy rains in the last 48 hours have completely paralysed the life in eastern Indian states Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal. Most coastal regions of Orissa and West Bengal have completely submerged with water making it really worse for the normal life of people.

In Orissa the six coastal districts Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jajpur and Bhadrak are most affected with torrential rains that forced lakhs of people leave their residence as river continues to cross the danger mark.

The state administration have so far arranged all possible relief and rescue operation but it’s difficult for those lakhs of villagers to take shelter in maroon land. As Subarnarekha, Brahmani and Baitarani rivers are running above the danger mark the villages comes under its limits including the district Balasore.

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Situation grim, rivers in spate
Tuesday September 25 2007 02:22 IST

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

JAJPUR: The situation continued to be grim in Jajpur district on Monday as the rivers Baitarani, Brahmani and Kharasrota were flowing above the danger mark affecting over 1.5 lakh people in Jajpur, Bari, Korei, Rasulpur and Dasarathpur blocks.

As many as 83 villages under 35 gram panchayats in the four blocks of the district are still marooned for the last two days. A woman was reportedly swept away in Chandanpur of Bari block on Monday. With this, the toll in the present floods has gone up to two.

Meanwhile, Bari block headquarters has been cut off from the panchayat headquarters since Sunday as the flood water is flowing at a height of at least four-five feet on most of the roads. Traffic movement has been disrupted on the Jajpur-Bauruan, Singhpur- Rajkanika, Bari-Kuakhia, Jajpur- Panasa, Bari-Ratnagiri and Golkund- Indipur roads since Sunday.

While hundreds of thatched houses have collapsed, paddy crop in more than 40,000 hectares of land in the five blocks has been damaged.

According to sources in the district flood control room, the Brahmani river is flowing at 68 feet against the red mark of 67 feet at Jenapur. Similarly, Baitarani is flowing at 19.29 metres against the danger level of 17.83 metres at Akhuapada. Kharasrota is also flowing at 19.60 metre against its danger mark of 18.20 metres at Binjharpur. The water level in Baitarani is expected to rise.

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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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