Odisha SRC Asks Collectors To Keep Machinery Ready In View Of Heavy Rain

Bhubaneswar: The Office of the Special Relief Commission (SRC) on Sunday directed the Collectors of concerned districts to keep the administrative machinery ready to face any eventuality in view of the Yellow Warning for heavy rainfall issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for several districts of Odisha for the next five days.

The Collectors have been asked to report the rainfall to the SRC’s office immediately. Report on the damage, if occurred due to heavy rain, thunderstorm or whirlwind, or lightning should also be submitted immediately for information of the government.

As per the IMD, under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over Westcentral Bay of Bengal off Andhra Pradesh coast, there will be an increase in rainfall activity with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over Odisha during October 2 to 6.

As per the Yellow Warning issued for several districts of Odisha, heavy rainfall (7 to 11 cm) is very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Angul, Khurda, and Puri today (October 2).

Similarly, over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Deogarh, Angul, and Dhenkanal on October 3.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) is very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, and Khurda, and heavy rainfall (7 to 11 cm) is very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Koraput, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, and Nayagarh on October 4.

Heavy rainfall (7 to 11 cm) is very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Nawarangpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, and Gajapati on October 5 over the districts of Nuapada, Bargarh, Nawarangpur, Jharsuguda, and Sundargarh on October 6.