Rayagada/Mayurbhanj: Incessant rainfall has triggered a flood-like situation in Chandrapur block of Rayagada district.
With water overflowing in all canals near several villages under the block, a large area have been inundated and over 1,500 people of Kumbharasahi and Bandari marooned.
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In Mayurbhanj, road communication between Udala and Baripada has been disrupted with Adapala bridge in the area under 2 feet of water.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rainfall in coastal and interior parts of the state in the next 24 hours with the well-marked low pressure concentrating into a depression.
