Odisha Deputes Senior Officers To Monitor Flood Situation In 7 Districts

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Saturday deputed senior bureaucrats to oversee flood management in several vulnerable districts of the State.

Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy informed that senior officers- Hemant Sharma, DK Singh, Vishal Dev, BP Sethi, VV Yadav, Satyabrata Sahu and RDC- have been asked to monitor the flood situation in Kendrapara, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur and Puri districts.

Flood threats looms large over all these districts following the release of excess water from Hirakud dam due to incessant rainfall in the upper catchment areas. The senior officers will monitor the entire relief and rescue operations in these districts.

The inflow of water into Hirakud dam is constantly rising. As per the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), the water level of the reservoir stands at 626.27 ft and it is rising by 8cm per hour.

#BREAKING

2 more gates of Hirakud Dam opened; floodwater being discharged through 44 gates

Water inflow into the reservoir at 899786 cusec while outflow is 728258 cusec. Water flow in the downstream of the dam - 925942 lakh cusec near Mundali (Cuttack) #Odisha

— OTV (@otvnews) August 29, 2020

SRC Pradeep Jena informed that Collectors have already been asked to complete damage assessment of houses at the earliest as per SDRF guidelines/ relief code and extend assistance to eligible cases as per norms. This applies to all districts which witnessed heavy rainfall and flood.

All eligible cases of death due to wall collapse &drowning shall be promptly enquired as per guidance , police investigation if any made &report submitted online to @SRC_Odisha for consideration of exgratia as early as possible.

— Pradeep Jena IAS (@PradeepJenaIAS) August 29, 2020

(Edited By Pradeep Singh)

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