Roads cut off due to heavy rains in Kalahandi

The Pioneer, Aug 6, 2012
BIKASH KHEMKA N BHAWANIPATNA

Low pressure triggered heavy rain across Kalahandi district during the past 72 hours have lead to floods in rivers.

As the water level crossed the danger mark over the Indravati river reservoir, five sluice gates were opened on Sunday releasing heavy amount of water into the Hati river, for which water flowed above three feet over the Hati bridge on National Highway-26 in Junagarh.

The overflow of water on the main road over the bridge disconnected the communication from Bhawanipatna to Nabarangpur with hundreds of truckers being stranded.

The residents of adjoining villages of the Hati river — Balichhada, Karmeli, Jampada, Temra and Biripur — were evacuated to safer places.

Due to incessant rain, huge losses of properties were reported from Madanpur-Rampur, Thuamul-Rampur and Kalampur blocks of the district.

The adjacent villages of Rahul and Utei rivers under Madanpur-Rampur block were badly affected with all kinds of transportation coming to a grinding halt in the entire area.

The rainwater also washed away the roads of Gopinathpur, Adri, Maligaon and Umarjodi villagers under Thuamul-Rampur block, for which the link between Kasipur and Thuamul-Rampur was reportedly disconnected. Similarly, due to stone slide on the main road the Thuamul-Ramur and Kalampur roads was cut off.

The district administration was taking steps to handle the situations in the affected areas.