Around 2,000 people from low-lying areas of Sambalpur city in Odisha have been shifted to the flood relief centres, after water entered many areas causing the flood-like situation, following the discharge of huge volume of water from Hirakud Dam.
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9.50 lakh cusecs of water discharged from Sardar Sarovar Dam. Low-lying areas of Ankleshwar, Bharuch, Jhagadia to be affected.
According to Bharuch Collector, Gujarat, over 2,500 people evacuated to safer places. Two NDRF teams on standby.
21:20 August 30
Rainwater flows on roads in a village under Rapar Tehsil in Kutch, Gujarat following heavy rainfall.
19:53 August 30
A portion of a bridge collapses in Ramtek, Nagpur district in Maharashtra, following heavy rainfall in the region.
19:38 August 30
The water level of Ghela river in Botad area increases due to heavy rainfall in Gadhada town of Gujarat.
Visuals of a local temple getting partially submerged as water gushes into several parts of the residential areas.
19:37 August 30
Water from overflowing Shivna River enter Pashupatinath Temple at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh.
19:36 August 30
Seventeen people have died in flood-related incidents and approximately 10,382 houses damaged due to floods in Odisha.
A total of 14,32,701 people are affected due to floods in 3,256 villages of 20 districts informed State government.
15:43 August 30
State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have conducted rescue operation in flood-affected Chikna village of Nagpur district of Maharashtra on Sunday.
15:38 August 30
Indian Air Force launched a Mi17V5 helicopter mission to rescue 2 youth and an elderly man from their inundated houses near Mowad village in Balaghat of Madhya Pradesh, situated along the banks of the overflowing Wainganga river.
15:36 August 30
Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) personnel of Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP), 6th bn, Cuttack successfully rescued 2 people from Pangata village, 4 people from Thakurpur village under Kothara GP who were on a house roof, surrounded by floodwater informed Odisha Police.
They also rescued a paralysis patient from Thakurpatna and shifted him to the hospital. 10 people were rescued from Bankasahi and shifted to Kathuri relief camp.
15:35 August 30
Rainfall likely in Bengaluru today: IMD
Bengaluru city is likely to experience rainfall on Sunday and Monday, informed C S Patil, Scientist and Director, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru.
C S Patil further informed that the coastal districts of the state will very likely receive light to moderate widespread rainfall from Sunday to Tuesday, and widespread rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday.
He further added that yellow alert has been issued in Uttar Kannada, Udupi and Dakshin Kannada districts as they are very likely to experience isolated heavy rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday.
15:35 August 30
Water level of Mahanadi River near Cuttack's Munduli Barrage increased after 46 sluice gates of Hirakud Dam were opened.
15:34 August 30
According to the Central Water Commission Official Flood Forecast, River Narmada is now in severe flood situation with the rising tendency in Bharuch district of Gujarat.
15:20 August 30
Heavy rains lashed several parts of Rajkot in Gujarat on Sunday.
15:19 August 30
Several areas in Chhoti Sarwan have been flooded after water from Mahi dam was released following heavy rainfall in Banswara district in Rajasthan.
14:26 August 30
The flood situation in Odisha continued to remain grim with major rivers across the State swelling on Sunday. The flood in Mahanadi River system has inundated several parts of the State while excess flood water continues to be released through 46 sluice gates of Hirakud Dam.
14:26 August 30
23 gates of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam in Kevadia Colony were opened to release 6.14 lakh cusec water. 52 villages along the Narmada River have been put on alert in the districts of Narmada, Bharuch and Vadodara.
14:25 August 30
Indore-Ichapur highway got submerged in water, following heavy rainfall in the area on Saturday. 21 gates have been opened for releasing water from Indara Sagar Dam and Onkareshwar Dam.
14:25 August 30
Madhya Pradesh Disaster Response Force rescued people and cattles who were trapped in floods in Kahtegaon of Madhya Pradesh. Incessant rains in the last 24 hours have left many areas inundated in Bhopal district.
14:25 August 30
Home guards rescued three people who got trapped while grazing cattle after there was rise in water level of Ajnar river due to heavy rainfall.
13:29 August 30
SDRF team rescued people trapped in floods in Kolar and Mandideep area of Bhopal. The rescue operation was conducted till late night after the area got flooded due to heavy rainfall.
13:28 August 30
The water level of Narmada river near Bharuch in Gujarat rises, following heavy rainfall in the region.
12:09 August 30
Yamuna flowing close to warning mark
The Yamuna was flowing close to the warning mark in Delhi on Sunday morning, but the water level is receding gradually, officials said.
"The water level was recorded at 203.98metres at the Old Railway Bridge at 9 am. It was204.14 metres at 7 pm on Saturday and204.41 metres at 5 pmon Friday," an official of the irrigation and flood control department said.
The warning level is 204.50 metres, and the danger mark is 205.33 metres.
Water was being released into the Yamuna at the rate of 4,353 cusec at 8 am from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana's Yamunanagar district. The flow rate was11,445 cusec at 11 am on Saturday, the maximum in the last 24 hours.
The flow rate has remained between 4,000 cusec and 15,000 cusec over the last two days, which is not very high, he said.
10:11 August 30
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called for a high-level meeting over flood situation in the state, today.
09:32 August 30
Heavy rains lead to flood-like situation in MP's Shajapur
Heavy downpour has resulted in a flood-like situation in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur which has disrupted normal life here.
Continuous spell of rain continues in Shajapur following which Parvati, Kalisindh, Nevaj, Jamghat and Lakhundar rivers are on spate.
The situation is such that water has started entering the houses here. People gripped with fear are forced to stay on the higher floors of their residences.
Roads here have also been closed amid the prevailing flood-like situation and over 200 villages have lost connectivity.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday stated that floods have wreaked havoc in more than 394 villages across nine districts of Madhya Pradesh.
09:26 August 30
One dead and three injured after a building collapsed in Ashta last night, following heavy rainfall. Injured have been shifted to hospital.
09:26 August 30
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan spoke to PM Narendra Modi and gave the latter a stock of the flood situation in the state.
07:10 August 30
Water enters Chirayu Hospital in Bhopal as the level of 'Bada Talab' rises due to incessant rainfall in the region.
06:55 August 30
A team of Rasulpur fire station rescued an 18-year-old boy who was stranded on a tree after being washed away by the currents of Brahmani river, near Keshapur village in Rasulpur block of Jajpur district.
06:34 August 30
MP: Rains pound many districts; 6 dead, rivers in spate
Bhopal: At least six children were killed in Madhya Pradesh where torrential rains over the last two days triggered flooding in several districts while more than
6,500 people from 394 villages in nine districts were evacuated to safer places on Saturday.
Nine districts in the state have been receiving heavy rains, leading to rise in the water levels, officials said.
Teams of the Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are roped in in worst-hit Hoshangabad from where 3,500 people have been evacuated to safety in the day.
More than 10,000 people are still stranded in the district where the situation is worsening fast due to rise in water levels of the Narmada river, a senior official said.
Five people who were stranded in Chhindwara were evacuated by an Air Force chopper, officials said.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan conducted an aerial survey of the inundated areas of Hoshangabad and Sehore districts and the hailstorm-hit parts along the Narmada river for one-and-a-half hours, officials said.
The CM said one Madhu Kahar was stranded in water at Chourai area has been airlifted. The CM said boats and other rescue equipment are in place.
"Five people were rescued from an inundated place in Chhindwara district by an Air Force helicopter," said Manish Rastogi, the principal secretary to the chief minister.
Meanwhile, one more persons still remains stuck on a tree in the district, he said.
"We are in touch with the stranded person and are trying to rescue him," said Rastogi, who is also revenue Commissioner.
He said two Air Force choppers will join a rescue operation in Sehore district. Rastogi said two columns of the Army comprising 70 personnel each will help the administration in evacuation at Hoshangabad and Raisen districts.
The Narmada river is flowing above the danger mark at many places ahead of Harda district. He said over 6,500 people from 394 villages in nine districts have been evacuated to safer places in the last 12 to 15 hours.
Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Rajesh Rajora said the administration has been doing its best to evacuate stranded people.
Hoshangabad received 429 mm rainfall in the last 33 hours ending 5.30 PM Saturday.
In the same period, the Chhindwara and Narsinghpur received 262 mm and 216 mm rainfall, respectively, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Hoshangabad divisional commissioner Rajnish Shrivastava told that the Army has been called in to help the district administration to effectively deal with the flood
situation.
He said more than 10,000 people are still stranded in the district and that the situation is worsening fast as the water level in the Narmada river is on the rise.
He said no casualty had taken place in Hoshangabad. Shrivastava said water from Bargi dam on the Narmada river in Jabalpur will reach Hoshangabad tomorrow which could exacerbate the situation.
"Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have already reached and started helping the Hoshangabad district administration. The Army is likely to
reach shortly," he added.
"Following heavy rains, the water level of the Narmada river in Hoshangabad district has gone above 978 metres as against the primary danger level of 964 metres. Many areas in Hoshangabad city were flooded with up to six to eight feet of water," he added.
"The rural areas in the district are also facing a similar situation, which is why we had to call the Army," he added.
Four of the total six casualties in the state occurred when a mud wall of a house collapsed on them while they were playing on the road at Banahra village in Katni district, sub-divisional officer of Katni Sapna Tripathi said.
Two more deaths were reported in Parei village under Gaurihar police station of Chhatarpur district, where two girls, aged nine and 14 years, drowned in an inundated field.
Due to the downpour, sluice gates of several dams have been opened to release water, officials said.
12 of the 20 sluice gates of the Indirasagar dam, the biggest dam in Madhya Pradesh locatged in Khandwa district, have been opened, said state Water Resources department executive engineer Kamlesh Raikwar.
He said as gates of almost all reservoirs built on the Narmada river have been opened, the water might gush downstream into the Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat.
Meanwhile, the IMD issued a red alert of extremely heavy rainfall with thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places of Chhindwara, Vidisha, Sehore, Rajgarh and Shajapur districts.
It also issued an orange alert warning that very heavy rainfall and thunderstorm with lightning is likely at isolated places of 17 districts, including Bhopal and Indore besides Hoshangabad division.
Its yellow alert said that heavy rainfall is likely at a few places in four districts including Guna and Shivpuri.
These alerts are valid till Sunday morning.
Referring to the weather situation, CM Chouhan said that another crisis has hit the state which is already battling the COVID-19 outbreak.
"In a big part of MP, especially in Jabalpur, Hoshangabad and Bhopal divisions, flood-like situation has arisen in many cities and villages," he said in a video message to people.
"The water levels have risen as the Narmada river and its tributaries are in spate and water from dams being released," the CM said.
He asked people to move to the government's relief centres from low-lying areas.
"Don't worry, all care is being taken. The Army, the Air Force has been alerted," he said. As per the IMD, Madhya Pradesh has so far received over 10 per cent above normal rainfall.
Meanwhile, IMD meteorologist J P Vishwakarma said in Bhopal that the low-pressure area over MP causing heavy rainfall is moving towards North west, and is likely to advance to Rajasthan by Sunday.
Rain is expected to abate by Sunday evening, he said.
(with inputs from agencies)
21:30 August 30
Around 2,000 people from low-lying areas of Sambalpur city in Odisha have been shifted to the flood relief centres, after water entered many areas causing the flood-like situation, following the discharge of huge volume of water from Hirakud Dam.
21:29 August 30
9.50 lakh cusecs of water discharged from Sardar Sarovar Dam. Low-lying areas of Ankleshwar, Bharuch, Jhagadia to be affected.
According to Bharuch Collector, Gujarat, over 2,500 people evacuated to safer places. Two NDRF teams on standby.
21:20 August 30
Rainwater flows on roads in a village under Rapar Tehsil in Kutch, Gujarat following heavy rainfall.
19:53 August 30
A portion of a bridge collapses in Ramtek, Nagpur district in Maharashtra, following heavy rainfall in the region.
19:38 August 30
The water level of Ghela river in Botad area increases due to heavy rainfall in Gadhada town of Gujarat.
Visuals of a local temple getting partially submerged as water gushes into several parts of the residential areas.
19:37 August 30
Water from overflowing Shivna River enter Pashupatinath Temple at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh.
19:36 August 30
Seventeen people have died in flood-related incidents and approximately 10,382 houses damaged due to floods in Odisha.
A total of 14,32,701 people are affected due to floods in 3,256 villages of 20 districts informed State government.
15:43 August 30
State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have conducted rescue operation in flood-affected Chikna village of Nagpur district of Maharashtra on Sunday.
15:38 August 30
Indian Air Force launched a Mi17V5 helicopter mission to rescue 2 youth and an elderly man from their inundated houses near Mowad village in Balaghat of Madhya Pradesh, situated along the banks of the overflowing Wainganga river.
15:36 August 30
Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) personnel of Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP), 6th bn, Cuttack successfully rescued 2 people from Pangata village, 4 people from Thakurpur village under Kothara GP who were on a house roof, surrounded by floodwater informed Odisha Police.
They also rescued a paralysis patient from Thakurpatna and shifted him to the hospital. 10 people were rescued from Bankasahi and shifted to Kathuri relief camp.
15:35 August 30
Rainfall likely in Bengaluru today: IMD
Bengaluru city is likely to experience rainfall on Sunday and Monday, informed C S Patil, Scientist and Director, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru.
C S Patil further informed that the coastal districts of the state will very likely receive light to moderate widespread rainfall from Sunday to Tuesday, and widespread rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday.
He further added that yellow alert has been issued in Uttar Kannada, Udupi and Dakshin Kannada districts as they are very likely to experience isolated heavy rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday.
15:35 August 30
Water level of Mahanadi River near Cuttack's Munduli Barrage increased after 46 sluice gates of Hirakud Dam were opened.
15:34 August 30
According to the Central Water Commission Official Flood Forecast, River Narmada is now in severe flood situation with the rising tendency in Bharuch district of Gujarat.
15:20 August 30
Heavy rains lashed several parts of Rajkot in Gujarat on Sunday.
15:19 August 30
Several areas in Chhoti Sarwan have been flooded after water from Mahi dam was released following heavy rainfall in Banswara district in Rajasthan.
14:26 August 30
The flood situation in Odisha continued to remain grim with major rivers across the State swelling on Sunday. The flood in Mahanadi River system has inundated several parts of the State while excess flood water continues to be released through 46 sluice gates of Hirakud Dam.
14:26 August 30
23 gates of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam in Kevadia Colony were opened to release 6.14 lakh cusec water. 52 villages along the Narmada River have been put on alert in the districts of Narmada, Bharuch and Vadodara.
14:25 August 30
Indore-Ichapur highway got submerged in water, following heavy rainfall in the area on Saturday. 21 gates have been opened for releasing water from Indara Sagar Dam and Onkareshwar Dam.
14:25 August 30
Madhya Pradesh Disaster Response Force rescued people and cattles who were trapped in floods in Kahtegaon of Madhya Pradesh. Incessant rains in the last 24 hours have left many areas inundated in Bhopal district.
14:25 August 30
Home guards rescued three people who got trapped while grazing cattle after there was rise in water level of Ajnar river due to heavy rainfall.
13:29 August 30
SDRF team rescued people trapped in floods in Kolar and Mandideep area of Bhopal. The rescue operation was conducted till late night after the area got flooded due to heavy rainfall.
13:28 August 30
The water level of Narmada river near Bharuch in Gujarat rises, following heavy rainfall in the region.
12:09 August 30
Yamuna flowing close to warning mark
The Yamuna was flowing close to the warning mark in Delhi on Sunday morning, but the water level is receding gradually, officials said.
"The water level was recorded at 203.98metres at the Old Railway Bridge at 9 am. It was204.14 metres at 7 pm on Saturday and204.41 metres at 5 pmon Friday," an official of the irrigation and flood control department said.
The warning level is 204.50 metres, and the danger mark is 205.33 metres.
Water was being released into the Yamuna at the rate of 4,353 cusec at 8 am from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana's Yamunanagar district. The flow rate was11,445 cusec at 11 am on Saturday, the maximum in the last 24 hours.
The flow rate has remained between 4,000 cusec and 15,000 cusec over the last two days, which is not very high, he said.
10:11 August 30
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called for a high-level meeting over flood situation in the state, today.
09:32 August 30
Heavy rains lead to flood-like situation in MP's Shajapur
Heavy downpour has resulted in a flood-like situation in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur which has disrupted normal life here.
Continuous spell of rain continues in Shajapur following which Parvati, Kalisindh, Nevaj, Jamghat and Lakhundar rivers are on spate.
The situation is such that water has started entering the houses here. People gripped with fear are forced to stay on the higher floors of their residences.
Roads here have also been closed amid the prevailing flood-like situation and over 200 villages have lost connectivity.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday stated that floods have wreaked havoc in more than 394 villages across nine districts of Madhya Pradesh.
09:26 August 30
One dead and three injured after a building collapsed in Ashta last night, following heavy rainfall. Injured have been shifted to hospital.
09:26 August 30
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan spoke to PM Narendra Modi and gave the latter a stock of the flood situation in the state.
07:10 August 30
Water enters Chirayu Hospital in Bhopal as the level of 'Bada Talab' rises due to incessant rainfall in the region.
06:55 August 30
A team of Rasulpur fire station rescued an 18-year-old boy who was stranded on a tree after being washed away by the currents of Brahmani river, near Keshapur village in Rasulpur block of Jajpur district.
06:34 August 30
MP: Rains pound many districts; 6 dead, rivers in spate
Bhopal: At least six children were killed in Madhya Pradesh where torrential rains over the last two days triggered flooding in several districts while more than
6,500 people from 394 villages in nine districts were evacuated to safer places on Saturday.
Nine districts in the state have been receiving heavy rains, leading to rise in the water levels, officials said.
Teams of the Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are roped in in worst-hit Hoshangabad from where 3,500 people have been evacuated to safety in the day.
More than 10,000 people are still stranded in the district where the situation is worsening fast due to rise in water levels of the Narmada river, a senior official said.
Five people who were stranded in Chhindwara were evacuated by an Air Force chopper, officials said.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan conducted an aerial survey of the inundated areas of Hoshangabad and Sehore districts and the hailstorm-hit parts along the Narmada river for one-and-a-half hours, officials said.
The CM said one Madhu Kahar was stranded in water at Chourai area has been airlifted. The CM said boats and other rescue equipment are in place.
"Five people were rescued from an inundated place in Chhindwara district by an Air Force helicopter," said Manish Rastogi, the principal secretary to the chief minister.
Meanwhile, one more persons still remains stuck on a tree in the district, he said.
"We are in touch with the stranded person and are trying to rescue him," said Rastogi, who is also revenue Commissioner.
He said two Air Force choppers will join a rescue operation in Sehore district. Rastogi said two columns of the Army comprising 70 personnel each will help the administration in evacuation at Hoshangabad and Raisen districts.
The Narmada river is flowing above the danger mark at many places ahead of Harda district. He said over 6,500 people from 394 villages in nine districts have been evacuated to safer places in the last 12 to 15 hours.
Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Rajesh Rajora said the administration has been doing its best to evacuate stranded people.
Hoshangabad received 429 mm rainfall in the last 33 hours ending 5.30 PM Saturday.
In the same period, the Chhindwara and Narsinghpur received 262 mm and 216 mm rainfall, respectively, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Hoshangabad divisional commissioner Rajnish Shrivastava told that the Army has been called in to help the district administration to effectively deal with the flood
situation.
He said more than 10,000 people are still stranded in the district and that the situation is worsening fast as the water level in the Narmada river is on the rise.
He said no casualty had taken place in Hoshangabad. Shrivastava said water from Bargi dam on the Narmada river in Jabalpur will reach Hoshangabad tomorrow which could exacerbate the situation.
"Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have already reached and started helping the Hoshangabad district administration. The Army is likely to
reach shortly," he added.
"Following heavy rains, the water level of the Narmada river in Hoshangabad district has gone above 978 metres as against the primary danger level of 964 metres. Many areas in Hoshangabad city were flooded with up to six to eight feet of water," he added.
"The rural areas in the district are also facing a similar situation, which is why we had to call the Army," he added.
Four of the total six casualties in the state occurred when a mud wall of a house collapsed on them while they were playing on the road at Banahra village in Katni district, sub-divisional officer of Katni Sapna Tripathi said.
Two more deaths were reported in Parei village under Gaurihar police station of Chhatarpur district, where two girls, aged nine and 14 years, drowned in an inundated field.
Due to the downpour, sluice gates of several dams have been opened to release water, officials said.
12 of the 20 sluice gates of the Indirasagar dam, the biggest dam in Madhya Pradesh locatged in Khandwa district, have been opened, said state Water Resources department executive engineer Kamlesh Raikwar.
He said as gates of almost all reservoirs built on the Narmada river have been opened, the water might gush downstream into the Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat.
Meanwhile, the IMD issued a red alert of extremely heavy rainfall with thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places of Chhindwara, Vidisha, Sehore, Rajgarh and Shajapur districts.
It also issued an orange alert warning that very heavy rainfall and thunderstorm with lightning is likely at isolated places of 17 districts, including Bhopal and Indore besides Hoshangabad division.
Its yellow alert said that heavy rainfall is likely at a few places in four districts including Guna and Shivpuri.
These alerts are valid till Sunday morning.
Referring to the weather situation, CM Chouhan said that another crisis has hit the state which is already battling the COVID-19 outbreak.
"In a big part of MP, especially in Jabalpur, Hoshangabad and Bhopal divisions, flood-like situation has arisen in many cities and villages," he said in a video message to people.
"The water levels have risen as the Narmada river and its tributaries are in spate and water from dams being released," the CM said.
He asked people to move to the government's relief centres from low-lying areas.
"Don't worry, all care is being taken. The Army, the Air Force has been alerted," he said. As per the IMD, Madhya Pradesh has so far received over 10 per cent above normal rainfall.
Meanwhile, IMD meteorologist J P Vishwakarma said in Bhopal that the low-pressure area over MP causing heavy rainfall is moving towards North west, and is likely to advance to Rajasthan by Sunday.
Rain is expected to abate by Sunday evening, he said.
(with inputs from agencies)
Last Updated : Aug 30, 2020, 9:51 PM IST
