As the floodwater began receding since Sunday, people from Bhawanipatna, Dharmagarh, Junagarh, Jaipatna, Jaipur and Nabrangpur used the Hati river bridge near Junagarh NH-24.
The incessant rainfall in the last few days had compelled the Indravati reservoir officials to release water into the Hati river. As a result, the river had flown 3-4 feet high of its danger marks and had cut off the Bhawanipatna-Nabarangpur road.
The flood-hit victims of Kalampur block had been evacuated by the district administration to safer places. They had been distributed with tarpaulins and free food. About 500 villagers had been kept in the Ichhapur Upper Primary School after flood waters gushed into their villages. On Monday, District Collector Dukhishyam Satapathy and Sub-Collector of Dharmagarh Gouri Parashar personally took stock of the situation.
However, the receding of flood waters had been no comfort to the district administration as diarrhoea erupted in some places of the district. Gourahari Das (80) of Menju village under Koksara block had been missing since Sunday morning. It was feared he had been swept away by flood waters. In the community health centre (CHC) of Kalampur block, two diarrhoea patients were admitted and another four patients were being reportedly treated in other CHCs.
According to sources, an old man and his wife died of diarrhoea in Chhura gaon village under Kalampur block but the district administration was not ready to buy the story. It rather said the duo died of consuming unhygienic food. BDO Jatin Kumar Kara told the media that the duo had consumed unhygienic food according to the doctor’s reports.
Kara said eight cases of diarrhoea have been reported where six patients had already been cured and another two patients were being treated in Kalampur CHC.
District Collector Satpathy said Koten village of Junagarh block and Bankapalas of Kalampur block had been affected in a big way by flood where all the marooned villagers were shifted to a relief camp. The officials were engaged to tackle the situation. Regarding outbreak of diarrhoea, he admitted that some places had been affected by the disease and it was likely to spread to other villages too.
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