Two dead, four missing as boat capsizes in Mahanadi in Odisha’s Jharsuguda; CM announces Rs 4 lakh indemnity

Jharsuguda, April 19: Two persons, including a woman died and at least four others went missing after the boat carrying them capsized in the Mahanadi River in Jharsuguda on Friday. The deceased were stated to be the residents of neighbouring Chhattisgarh. As per reports, about 50 people including children and women from Bandhipali area in […]

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Odisha floods: 17 dead, over 14 lakh people affected in 20 districts

Bhubaneswar: At least 17 persons have lost their lives and as many as 14,32,701 people have been affected due to the floods in Odisha, said an official release. “14,32,701 people in 20 districts – Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Boudh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Khurda, Mayurbhanj, Nayagharh, Nuapada, Puri, Sambalpur, Subarnapur and Sundargarh […]

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All you want to know about the Flood Hazard Atlas of Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday released Flood hazard Atlas of Odisha here in the presence of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment Minister Arun Sahoo, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marndi, Water Resources Minister Raghunandan Das, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi, Development Commissioner Asit Kumar Tripathy and ISRO scientists. Who have prepared the atlas? […]

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