By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/KENDRAPARA/JAJPUR: Coastal districts of Jajpur, Cuttack , Kendrapara and Balasore were among 20 districts , affected by Odisha floods hitting more than 14 lakhs people while killing 17 so far till Sunday evening till last reports came in.
As per the provisional situation report, 112 blocks, 896 Gram Panchayats, 3256 villages, 21 Urban Local Bodies, and 75 Wards were affected in the ongoing flood situation. Nearly 10,382 houses were damaged and 1,68,904 hectares of crop area affected in the floods, the report said. The floods have devastated 107 roads cutting off communication in 11 districts and breaches in 32 river embankments were reported in 5 districts.
The affected districts are Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Boudh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Khordha, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Nuapada, Puri, Sambalpur, Sonepur, and Sundergarh.
Besides, 340 villages and a population of 2,65,723 were marooned due to flood situation. The authorities said 357 free kitchens/centres were opened on Sunday covering 57,824 beneficiaries in the affected region.The report said a total of 45 medical and 42 veterinaries, 14 NDRF, 17 ODRAF, 22 Fire Services teams, and 254 boats were pressed into service in the affected areas.
