Odisha Govt Issues Advisory To Collectors On Deep Depression Over Bay

Bhubaneswar: In view of the IMD forecast for deep depression over Bay of Bengal crossing Odisha coast in next 24 hours, the state government has issued an advisory to the districts under threat.

In a letter to the district collectors of Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati and Ganjam, Padmanav Behera, Additional Special Relief Commissioner said as per forecast of India Meteorological Department (IMD), there is a depression over westcentral and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal.

The system is very likely to move nearly northwards towards north Odisha-West Bengal coasts and intensify into a deep depression during next 24 hours. Thereafter, it is very likely to move west northwestwards and cross Odisha and adjoining West Bengal coasts between Puri and Digha around evening/night of September 9.

Continuing to move further west-northwestwards, it is likely to move across Odisha and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand and adjoining north Chhattisgarh during subsequent 2 days.

“There may be scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) with isolated extremely heavy rainfall of more than 20 cm in the districts of Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Cuttack and Dhenkanal. Also, heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) is very likely at isolated places in the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati and Ganjam,” the letter said.

Considering the impact of the deep depression, Behera said the following impact is likely and suggested the actions to be taken by the collectors:

1. Temporarily water logging likely in low lying areas and under pass road
2. Poor visibility during intense spell of rain and traffic congestion in urban areas
3. Some damages to kutcha road and possibility of wall collapsed of vulnerable kutcha
houses.
4. Some damages to vegetable and horticultural crops likely
5. Avoid staying in vulnerable kutcha houses.
6. Advisory on traffic congestion may be followed before leaving for your destination
7. Arrangement of drainage of excess water from nursery bed preparations for sowing of
paddy crops, seed collection may be done.
8. Mud slides/landslides in vulnerable hilly areas

He requested the district authorities to keep the administrative machinery in readiness to meet any eventuality.