Malkangiri Suffers Flood-Like Situation Due to Incessant Rains

Malkangiri: Normal life was disrupted because of incessant rains in Malkangiri district of Odisha. Water is overflowing over most of the bridges in the district.

Portions of NH 326 passing through the district, suffers water logging at many places. Areas such as Poteru, Kangurakonda, Mv-90, Mv-96 have all been flooded.

Traffic on the road connecting Kalimela to Padia has been disrupted due to flooding.

Kanyasharama bridge in the district is also under the water.

The regional center of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red warning for heavy rainfall to four districts of Odisha for today (July 20).

The IMD has issued a red warning for scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall (7cm to 20 cm) to four districts of Odisha. These districts include Koraput, Malkangiri, Kalahandi and Nawarangpur. Furthermore, the weathermen have issued orange alerts to districts including Kandhamal, Boudh, Balangir, Nuapada, Rayagada, Ganjam and Gajapati.