BHADRAK : After 36 hours of rain, Baitarani river is in spate and its tributaries are swelling in Bhadrak district. While the river is flowing at 17.83 metres against the red mark of 17.5, water level in its tributaries - Kochila and Ganguti - is rising at Bhandaropokahari and Tihidi blocks respectively.
On Saturday, the Kochila embankment developed a 100-foot crack in Bhandaripokhari block, which received the highest 135 mm rainfall. In the absence of drainage channels, low lying areas in Basudevpur and Chandbali were flooded. Village roads and culverts were also damaged.
Dhamnagar block on Saturday received 125 mm rain and road communication to Dalanga, Karada and Bayangdi was hit. Gopalsahi Project UP school in Dalanga was water-logged.
In Bhadrak town, residential areas of Acharya Nagar, Astral, Sanasankurpur and Patanasahi were waterlogged. The worst hit are the farmers as agriculture fields were submerged in Dhamnagar, Bhandaripokhari and Basudevpur blocks.