Two persons died and two others were swept away in flood water in last two days in Gajapati district, sources said on Tuesday.
According to reports, a 14-year boy, son of Shyam Parichha of Badahansapur under the Gosani block in the district, died in the wee hours of Monday in a cyclone shelter due to lack of medical attention.In an another case, an old woman, P Paramma (70), of SN Peta village under the Gurandi police station in the district died on Sunday night when she had gone to attend nature’s call.
On Monday, l Kameswar Rao (70) of Rasurugaon village in Gosani block was swept away in the Mahendrataneya river while he was watching flood water of the river. Similarly, 28-year- old Premananda Gouda of Burujanga village in Raigada block was also swept away in the same river on Tuesday morning. The bodies of the missing persons are yet to be recovered.
Reports said landslide occurred in three hills in the blocks of Raigada and G Udaygiri. First landslide which occurred at Rasibada village in Raigada area blocked Jiranga Mandal Sahi road, while other two landslides blocked two roads starting from G Udaygiri to Uttarsingh and Jhaliasahi, it added.
Meanwhile, the district administration on Tuesday supplied drinking water through tanker to inhabitants of Paralakhemundi town. As the electricity supply was badly hit due to the cyclone and heavy rains in the district, tap water could not be supplied during last two days.“We will start supply pipe water after the electricity infrastructure restored,” said a senior official of the district.