Malkangiri: Communication between Malkangiri and Sukma district in neighbouring Chhattisgarh has been snapped owing to incessant rains over the last three days.
Villages, agriculture fields and low-lying areas were flooded as rivers were in spate in several parts of the district on Tuesday after torrential rain pummeled the State.
A well-marked low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal concentrated into a depression and lay over coastal Odisha and about 85 km northwest of Bhubaneswar at 11.30 am, on Tuesday.
The system is set to gradually move northwestwards, maintain its intensity and then weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area over Chhattisgarh by Wednesday, according to the IMD.
The bridge over Sukum river was flooded. And same was the condition in Kakurmunda bridge which snapped communication between Malkangiri and Kalimela.
According to the IMD, 8 stations recorded very heavy showers of 116-204 mm, while 44 places were battered by heavy downpour of 65-115 mm over a 24-period till 8.30 am, today.
