With water level crossing danger mark in the Brahmani, the Koel river near Rourkela, and also the Ib river in Sundargarh, flood water entered several low-lying areas in the district on Thursday.
Hundreds of people living in low-lying areas were marooned and the flood victims were shifted to safer places and provided relief.
According to sources, due to incessant rains since Saturday last, water level in river Brahmani had crossed the danger mark of 178.61 meters and had gone up to 179.9 metre. After crossing the danger mark, flood water entered several low-lying areas near Rourkela on Thursday midnight, but Dandiapalli and Balughat areas near Panposh of Rourkela city had been affected by the flood water.
As many as 100 families of Balughat and Dandiapalli were evacuated by the local administration with the help of ODRAF and Fire brigade team and kept at Electric Colony Project school and also at a school at Dandiapalli, where they were provided food from free kitchen from the district administration. Similarly, flood water entered into Jabaghat and Jamsera near Koel river and about 200 families of these areas were affected. They were shifted to a school and provided food. Flood water also entered into low-lying areas in Hamirpur and lathikata. Flood water from river
Brahmani entered into Kunmendra village under Kuanrmunda block. About eight families of Kunmendra village were shifted by to Kuanrmunda Upper Primary school.
According to sources, since all eleven gates of Mandira dam were opened, the water level in river Brahmani was rising.
Similarly, water level in the Ib crossed the danger mark of 222 meter and had gone up to 222.10 meter. Flood water entered into low-lying areas at Ranibagicha and Mahadev para areas due to rising water level in Ib river. About three families living in these areas shifted of their own to a neighbouring place.
Similarly, flood water entered into several cultivated fields.