As many as 47 villages in seven gram panchayats of Balugaon and four wards of Banpur NAC in Khurda district were inundated as breaches occurred at three places of Salia dam on Tuesday due to heavy rains three days after cyclone Phailin hit the State and did colossal damages.
Nearly 200 villages were still marooned as Chilika water gushed into these villages by breaking roads at 32 places which was triggered by cyclone Phailin. The villagers complained that though they had been suffering for the last three days, the administration was yet to come to their rescue.
Similarly, due to heavy water flow in the Rushikulya river, around 200 villages of 27 panchayats of Aska block were affected in flood in Ganjam district. Even flood water entered into Aska NAC area resulting in waterlogging affecting market and residential areas. Some temples were found dipped in water too. Meanwhile, ORDAF teams rushed to the area for rescue operation.