Dear Comrades,
| Update on Flood Situation in Odisha |
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Extent of floods :
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A total of 10
districts of Odisha namely Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Baleswar, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundergarh, Angul, Dhankanal
,and Deogarh have been affected due to flood in
the rivers Boodabalang, Suwarnrekha, Brahmani and Batrani.
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27 people have
died and 3 persons are missing.
Assistance Provided :
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Rescue and
relief operations are continuing in the flood affected areas. 13 teams of NDRF
(393 men with 78 boats and rescue equipment etc) are carrying out rescue and
relief operations. The break up teams is as under:
Jajpur 08 teams 48
boats
Kendrapara 04 teams 24 boats
Bhadrak. 01 team 06 boats
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NDRF has
rescued/evacuated 3834 persons till date.
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04 MI 17
helicopters of MOD are still deployed for air dropping of the food packets and
rescue operations. A total of 57 sorties have been carried out till
27-9-11.
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542 relief camps
have been set up where 173337 people have been accommodated.
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23509 number of
food packets( one pkt-5kgs consisting of flattened
rice, jaggery, biscuits, candles, matchbox, halogen
tablets, ORS packets and salt) have been dropped .
·
The water level
in the flood affected areas of Jajpur has receded by
two feet, in Kendrapada the water level is steady and
in Bhadrak only 2 blocks are flooded.
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RS/- (Release ID :76276)
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