NEW DELHI: Rain fury continued in several parts of the country with 12 more deaths reported today even as the flood situation remained grim in Assam though it improved slightly in Odisha.
The national capital had a sunny day with the maximum temperature rising to 37 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, but high humidity caused discomfort.
Four rain-related deaths were reported in Assam, three in Gujarat, two each in Odisha and Rajasthan and one death in Himachal Pradesh. Two persons are also feared dead in Jammu and Kashmir.
In Odisha, the flood situation improved slightly in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts even as the State Government pressed into service a Coast Guard aircraft to assess the situation in two villages of Niyamgiri hills which were cut off due to flash flood caused by incessant rains.
Two deaths were today reported in Malkangiri district while the State Government sounded an alert in 12 districts in view of the likelihood of heavy rainfall due to depression.
Special Relief Commissioner B P Sethi said at least 4,000 indigenous Dongria Kondh people residing in the villages of Niyamgiri hills were marooned as a bridge over Kalyani river was washed away due to the floods.
Around 2,000 people of other communities also live on the other side of the river and all of them are inaccessible, he said.
Over 56,000 people in 202 villages of the two districts have been affected in the floods.
Heavy rains lashed Surat, Valsad and Navsari districts in southern Gujarat while other parts of the state also received moderate rainfall since yesterday, officials said.
Fourteen people have been killed in rain-related incidents within a week in the State.(AGENCIES)
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