9,000 People Evacuated as Floods Hit Mayurbhanj and Balasore

AROUND 9,000 people were evacuated to safety in Mayurbhanj and Balasore on Monday as flood in Budhabalanga, Subarnarekha, Jambhira and Jalaka rivers inundated low-lying areas across eight blocks and one municipality in the two districts.

- SUKANTA KUMAR SAHU/ SUDARSAN MAHARANA @Baripada/Bhubaneswar

Revenue and Disaster Management (R&DM) Minister Suresh Pujari, who reviewed the situation, said the flood situation is completely under control. In Mayurbhanj, more than 6,000 people were evacuated, mostly from the low-lying areas of Saraskana and Rasgovindpur blocks. Similarly, 2,916 people were also moved to safer locations from six blocks and Jaleswar municipality, in Balasore district.