Though the Subararekha was flowing near the danger mark at Rajghat, the Central Water Commission (CWC) control room in the district said that the water level had started receding with the authorities of the Galudihi barrage in Jharkhand closing three of the five sluice gates, which were opened on Tuesday, as rain in the upper catchments had subsided.
The situation was no different in South Odisha districts following incessant rain. Road communication between Malkangiri and Kalimela was disrupted with rainwater overflowing on a bridge near MV-37 village.
In Sambalpur, the water level of the Hirakud reservoir was recorded 613.87 feet by 6 pm on Tuesday. While the inflow of water into the reservoir was 76,644 cusecs per second, 29,498 cusecs of water per second was being released from one sluice gate of the reservoir.
According to a release by the local meteorological centre, Bhubaneswar, the low-pressure over the north-west Bay of Bengal, which had concentrated into a depression at 10 pm on Tuesday at about 80 km off the Chandbali coast in Balasore district, crossed West Bengal and Odisha coasts at midnight.
Talking to the media, Director of the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) and former Director of Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, Dr Sarat Chandra Sahu said there is a possibility of isolated heavy rainfall at one or two places in Sudargarh, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Balasore district in the next 48 hours.
