Incessant rain in past 72 hours left most parts of the coal city and suburbs flooded on Monday. life has come to a standstill due to continuous rain and strong wind. Residents in places like Gomia, Bokaro Thermal, Kathara and Swang were put under virtual house arrests as water entered their homes.
Although no casualty has been reported, rain has caused huge damage to the properties at many places. Several streets in the township were also waterlogged owing to the heavy rain. local residents said they have never seen such heavy rain in past one decade. Normal life was completely thrown out of gear in Bermo town on Monday as rain forced people to stay indoors.
In fact incessant rain in Thermal, Gomia, Phusro and Nawadih since Friday night has led to floods. Konar and Damodar, one of the major rivers, have been flowing well above the danger mark, thereby cutting off the link between Bokaro Thermal and Gomia .The river has overflown by ten to 12 feets at the diversion chhilka and iron bridge between Thermal, Kathara and Gomia.
Arbind Kumar DDC, Bokaro said the district administration have asked all the BDO and CO of Bermo and Gomia to keep a strict watch and stop local villagers from crossing the rivers. Many small bridges situated on local rivers including Bokaro, Konar and Damodar and its subsidiaries witnessed overflowing of water due to heavy rain.
Dam authority in Tenughat AK Jha said that the five redial gates have been already opened on Monday taking the total number to 10. The inflow of rain water about 50 thousand c/s per second for low stream has maintained the water level despite opening of the gate, Jha added.