Rivers receding, 50 families rescued
Monday brought a sigh of relief for the people residing in the low-lying areas of the city, as sky remained clear most part of the day. The Hudhud cyclone that created havoc at Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, left little impact in the city. Though the city experienced heavy rainfall, the situation remained under control.
The shower on Sunday was preceded by speedy winds which uprooted trees across the city. The road connecting Sakchi to Kadma was largely strewn with uprooted trees, blocking the movement of the traffic.
During the heavy rainfall a 55-year-old woman, Vishakha Mondal sustained injuries in her head and right arm as she fell down on the platform of Asanboni station in Ghatshila-Tata section after she was hit against one of the bogies of the passenger train from which she got down late Sunday evening.
As she fell down some railway staff rescued her and rushed her to a referral hospital in Asanbobi and subsequently shifted to the MGM Medical College and Hospital this morning.
The victim's relative, who was at the medical college hospital along with her said that Vishakha had gone to a relative's house at Kharagpur. As the wind started blowing she fell on the platform after getting hit by the wind.
Meanwhile, heavy rains affected areas like CP Tola, Somai Jhopri and Baroda Ghat areas of Bagbera, Shiv Ghat, Gari Nawaz Colony and Islam Nagar localities in Jugsalai. According to information nearly 50 families, largely slum dwellers of Kharkhai and Subernarekha catchment areas, were rescued to the safer places on the insistence of the district administration.
“In both the rivers water level is on a receding mode but we need to be constantly vigil as Odisha is receiving rains without interruption for last few days,” said senior official at district flood control cell.
In a similar situation both the rivers had also surged suddenly on September 9 and August 13 2011 causing submersion of more than 100 houses. In another such flood in June 2009, one person lost his life while hundreds of houses were submerged.