By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: SRC Pradeep Jena reviewed the flood situation in the Odisha and said that now 20 gates have been opened in Hirakud Dam to discharge excess floodwater. “The water level has come down to 622ft and is at 621.93 ft now. The current inflow is 3.23lakh cusecs while the outflow is 4.10 lakh cusecs. The water level is expected to reach around 620.5 feet by Saturday morning,” he said.“The water flow near Munduli is 9.48 lakh cusecs and the water level near is decreasing very slowly due to rains,” said SRC Jena.
About 2 lakh 77 thousand 995 people have been affected so far by this heavy flood. About 2 lakh 43 thousand 343 have been supplied relief till yesterday. Besides, 159 medical camps have been set up and 110 mobile health teams are on the move while there have been 5 snake bite cases.Around 10,000 domestic animals have been treated and 5 lakh 14 thousand 488 vaccines have been given. While 231 metric tons of fodder have been provided to 7 affected districts.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday in a video message has appealed appeals people to remain safe and keep families safe without getting perturbed.
IMD forecast said four districts of Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Sundargarh will get heavy rains tonight
The Depression over Northwest & adjoining Northeast Bay of Bengal has intensified into a Deep Depression. It is likely to cross West Bengal and Odisha coasts between Balasore & Sagar Islands around tonight.
After landfall, it would continue to move west-northwestwards across north Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand towards north Chhattisgarh and weaken gradually, said the IMD. Following this, the weather agency has issued Signal-3 warning for all ports of the State.
