Incessant rains in last four days have paralysed normal life in Kendrapada district. Residents of several low-lying areas in the district are suffering as they have to stay amid knee deep rain water. The inhabitants whose thatched houses have caved in have had to pass through the most awesome period.
In Kendrapada township area, several low-lying areas have been inundated with rain water. In Kajala tribal Basti, the district administration evacuated nearly 100 of persons to the Kendrapada Autonomous College, where a relief shelter has been set up.
Similarly, about 50 persons of Garapur have been taken to a local school by the district administration as rain water gushed into their houses. The district administration has also decided to provide free kitchen to the affected persons who have been sheltered at Kendrapada Autonomous College relief centre.
In Kendrapada town area, the people are living amid knee-deep water at Baulabihar, Immambada, Dilwarpur, Bhoisahi , and other places. Rain water gushed into the Kendrapada tehsil office on Friday, where the office work was suspended. Several documents were damaged after they were exposed to water, informed District Collector Niranjan Nayak.
The district employment office was in no better condition. Rain water also entered into the office and brought its works into a standstill. The district administration provided water pumps to drain out the water from several villages.
The power grid at Duhuria was submerged with rain water. As a result, the district administration asked the local tehsildar to rush to the spot by asking the fire tender personnel to drain out the rainwater. The electricity supply was cut off in the locality.
The worst affected in the ongoing torrential rains are daily wagers. As the rain has been continuing non-stop, the daily wagers are living without food for the last three days or so. Drinking water scarcity also created much trouble in the locality.
The communication on Pasta -Silipur road was disrupted on Friday as RD department's wooden bridge located near Balisahi was washed away.
Communication was disrupted following the locals cut the main road in a couple of places to drain rain water from their locality, said official sources. The members of Kendrapada Puja Committees decided to cancel immersion procession of Gajalakshmi Puja, which was scheduled to be held for two days on October 27 and 28.