Cyclone Amphan Impact: Farmers Distressed As Land Inundated With Saline Water In Odisha’s Bhadrak

Bhadrak: Hundreds of acres of agricultural land was inundated following heavy downpour under the influence of Cyclone Amphan.

Paddy saplings have been damaged. The situation is likely to get worse with unabated rain and rising level of water in the district. The condition is especially bad in Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts.

The rivers and rivulets in these districts are flowing above the danger mark submerging the nearby agricultural fields and snapping communication channels.  There have been three reports of loss of life.

Notably, the maximum wind speed of 120 km per hour due to Cyclone Amphan was clocked at Dhamra coast in Bhadrak district while in Paradip, it was around 100 km per hour.

It resulted in uprooted trees and bent electric poles in coastal Odisha districts of Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak and Balasore. Nearly 34 lakh power consumers in the state were affected as 65 units of 33 KV feeders were affected due to the cyclone.