Over 76 villages remain cut off in flood-hit Gadchiroli; Sironcha gets 81.2mm rains

Nagpur: Around 76 villages in South Gadchiroli remained cut off from other areas in the district on Monday though flood waters receded in the worst-hit talukas of Bhamragarh and Sironcha.
On Monday, Sironcha received 81.2mm rains when the district average was 23.1mm.
In view of the flood situation, state disaster management, relief and rehabilitation minister Vijay Wadettiwar conducted a review meeting. “I have directed district administration to conduct panchnama of the damage caused by the floods and submit a proposal before the government for providing compensation to the residents at the earliest,” said Wadettiwar, who also extended an additional budgetary sanction of Rs5 crore for Covid management in the district.
“We have sent additional boats to Bhamragarh taluka for rescue and relief and instructed the administration to take all possible measures to tackle the situation,” said the minister. He also extolled the flood management measures undertaken under collector Deepak Singla.
National highway number 63 connecting Sironcha-Asarali-Jagdalpur remained closed after Somanpalli nullah overflowed submerging the road which connected Telangana with Chhattisgarh via Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli in Central India.
Road between Alapalli and Bhamragarh remained closed for the third day after Parlakota river overflowed. In Aheri taluka too, water level of Indravati continued to flow dangerously above the normal level.
In Sironcha, villages beyond Somanpalli nullah remained disconnected with water level rising in Pranhita and Godavari rivers and also 65 gates of Medigatta barrage in Telangana being opened releasing excess water leading to heavy floods in catchment areas. The road connecting Asaralli-Somanpalli was also remained closed for traffic.
A wide crack was spotted on a bridge over Nethur nullah near Madarama between Sironcha and Aheri after water receded. Many villages also lost connectivity after almost half of the bridge over Attibagu nullah in Sironcha was swept away, it’s learnt.
Other roads like Rompalli-Zinganoor too remained closed after Koretogu nullah was flooded. Similarly, road connecting Hemalkasa and Karampalli was submerged. The connecting road between Kasansoor-Koti-Bhamragarh-Kawanta too had to be closed for traffic after Arewada nullah started overflowing.
Wadettiwar also said work on Parlakota bridge would start after the monsoon. “Bridges between Etapalli and Sironcha and three between Alapalli and Bhamragarh too have been sanctioned and work shall start soon,” he said.