Jamshedpur flood alert: DC reviews situation after rainstorm, visits low-lying areas

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, Aug 20: East Singhbhum Deputy Commissioner Vijaya Jadhav visited several low-lying areas of the city following continuous rain for the last 24 hours. She visited Shatrinagar behind Jaiprabha Complex and found six to seven houses completely inundated. She appealed to the residents to move to the nearest shelter houses. She also visited Nirmal Ghat and asked people to leave the place in view of rising river water level and bad weather. She said the district administration had set up several shelter houses across the city for people affected by the rainstorm.

The team of district administration also went to Baroda Ghat in Bagbera and saw that the rainwater had entered several households. River water level was growing continuously, said the officials.

The DC directed the officials to make sufficient arrangements for the fooding and lodging of affecged families. She then went to Kalyan Nagar and Indira Nagar localities of Bhuiyandih and appealed to people to be on alert and move to safer places in case of flash floods.

Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC), Mango Municipal Corporation and other government departments concerned alerted city residents about the rising water level in Kharkai and Swarnarekha rivers and asked them to go to shelter houses at the earliest.

According to the DC, seven sluice gates of Chandil dam had been opened so far. Kharkai and Swarnarekha were flowing 6.6 metres and 2 metres above the danger level respectively, she said.