JAIPUR: Even as the Brahmani and its tributaries relented on Tuesday, there has been no let-up in the flood situation in Bari.The entire block continued to remain under 8-10 feet water for the fifth consecutive day. Flood water has submerged Baruan-Bari, Bari-Ratnagiri and Brahmabarada-Bari roads, snapping communication links with Bari. This has hampered relief and rescue operations in the 98 villages under 29 gram panchayats of the block. “We have been without food for the last five days,” said Narayan Das of Kalamatia village. Like others, he along with his family has taken shelter on the roof-top of a building. Domestic animals too are in a pitiable state without fodder. With communication links snapped, the district administration is finding it difficult to reach out to the flood-hit.“Efforts are being made to establish contact with the marooned villagers. About 40 boats have been pressed into service to provide relief to the stranded people,” said senior bureaucrat Arvind Padhee, who has been camping at Bari since Sunday.The relief team has rescued a few sick and pregnant women, who are undergoing treatment in mobile hospitals, he added.Over 6 lakh people of 603 villages spread over 10 blocks of the district have been affected by floods in the Baitarani, the Brahmani, the Kharasrota, Kani, Budha, Tantighai and Kelua rivers. As many as 27 breaches were reported following the fresh spell of floods. With a portion of Rudhia bridge crashing in the swelling flood water, the district headquarters town was cut off from the rest of Orissa. Meanwhile, a Central team visited the flood-hit areas of Jajpur district on Monday afternoon. The four-member team, headed by Sunil Kumar Verma, Chief Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, made an aerial survey of the entire district for a preliminary assessment of the damage in the recent floods.
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