JAIPUR: For the last five days, people in Bari block have been spending nights on roof tops to evade flood water. With water level in the Brahmani and the Kharasrota rivers showing no signs of receding, the worst seems far from over. Bari block has been the worst affected in the recent floods with surging water submerging most villages here.The gravity of the situation can be gauged from the fact that helicopters failed to drop food packs to the flood-affected people on Monday due to paucity of dry land. The flood has affected over 1.5 lakh people of 98 villages under 29 gram panchayats in the block.Senior bureaucrat and former Jajpur collector Arvind Kumar Padhee called a coordination meeting of the top officials at the collectorate to expedite the rescue and relief operation. “At least 16 boats have been pressed into service to carry relief materials to the flood victims,” he said.Padhee has been camping at the worst-hit Bari since Sunday. Eight breaches were reported on river embankments here in the fresh spell of floods.Meanwhile, the State Government has banned transportation of minerals on NH-5 and 5 (A) to allow free movement of relief materials, he said. Official sources said over 6 lakh people of 603 villages under 153 gram panchayats spread over 10 blocks of the district have been marooned in the latest flood. The deluge has claimed eight lives in the district till now.
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