Under the instructions of the Water Resources Minister, 3 Chief Engineers, namely, Sushant Kumar Ratha (floods), Bijay Kumar Mishra, (Rushikulya basin) and LK Sabat (Quality Control) visited Rushikulya-Kharakhari mouth under Ganjam district here on Tuesday to study over-flooding of river banks due to chocking of the mouth situated near Barapalli village.
Later, the Chief Engineers also visited some nearby villages, namely, Alladigaon, Bhuanbhuin, Balia and UDSpur area and met some of the farmers on the recurring flood in the area in every 2/3 years due to overflow of Rushikulya-Kharakhari banks near these villages. Due to floods, several villages like UDSpur, Barapalli and Bhuanbhuin remain marooned and cut off from main land. Besides, 10,000 hectares of land remain stagnated with water damaging crops, for which the Government had to undertake relief and restoration work at a huge cost.
The Chief Engineers also visited Prattapur and Rushikulya-Baruni Ghat which was badly damaged in last Titli.
During the visit, former Assembly Deputy Speaker Rama Chandra Panda led the team to the vulnerable flood points of Rushikulya and Kharakhari.