Zee Media Bureau/Ritesh K Srivastava
Puri: Floods brought on by the rising waters of the Mahanadi River in Odisha have so far claimed 45 lives and left a further 4.8 lakh persons marooned in 460 villages of the state, said reports on Monday.
Reports said overall 32.9 lakh persons have been affected by the deluge.
Reports quoted Deputy Relief Commissioner Prabhat Ranjan Mohapatra, as saying that the delta region of the Mahanadi river system has been primarily affected.
So far, 5,313 villages spread over 23 districts have been ravaged by the floods.
Across the state, more than 5,300 villages have been affected with 460 of them marooned by heavy flood waters. The downpour has affected 3, 22,163 hectares of agricultural land as well.
The government has said that it is doing its best to handle the crisis with 40 teams from both state and national disaster response forces dispatched to affected areas. Free kitchens at 200-odd places coupled by over 100 medical teams and 365 boats to help those affected by the floods are part of the government's rehabilitation plans.
However, what may prove to be an impediment to the government's plans, is the Met department's forecast for more rain in the state.
With Agency inputs
First Published: Monday, August 11, 2014, 09:55
