Odisha Flood Alert 1 No2 September 9, 2011 A Civil Society Initiative on behalf of Odisha Water Forum & Odisha State Centre, Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India CONTENTS 1. News (Headlines) from Odisha Media on 9 th Sep 2011........................................ 2 a. General Flood and River Situations .......................................................................................... 2 b. Situation in Flood Affected Area ............................................................................................. 2 c. Impact on Communication .................................................................................................... 3 d. Loss of life and Property....................................................................................................... 3 e. Flood Analysis Region wise .................................................................................................... 3 f. Govt. Response ................................................................................................................. 4 g. Flood Relief...................................................................................................................... 4 h. Flood Forecast .................................................................................................................. 4 2. News from Field (Civil Society Partners) on 28 th July 2009 ................................. 4 3. Selected News from Local English Media (9 th Sept, 2011) ................................. ..5 a. Swollen Mahanadi creates flood scare ....................................................................................... 5 b. Orissa flood situation grim .................................................................................................... 5 c. Collectors of 11 districts put on alert after flood threat in State ....................................................... 6 d. CM takes stock of situation, p uts all departments on alert ............................................................... 7 e. Orissa Govt sounds flood alert in several dists ............................................................................. 7 a. Weather scenario ............................................................................................................... 8 b. Rainfall Scenario on 08-Sep-2011 ........................................................................................... .. 9 c. River Gauge Scenario on 08-Sep-2011 ...................................................................................... 15 d. Reservoir Scenario on 08-Sep-2011 .......................................................................................... 17 e. Average Reservoir Inflow-Outflow on 08-Sep-2011 ....................................................................... 18 f. River Discharge Scenario on 08-Sep-2011 .................................................................................. 18 g. Time of Flow in Mahanadi River between Hirakud & Mundali ........................................................... 18 - Compiled by Pranab R Choudhury, Bhupesh Ch Sahoo, Jinda Sandbhor Odisha State Center, Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India & Odisha Water Forum Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India [email protected] This initiative is an attempt to provide daily updates on Flood Situations and related events/news with respect to flood in Odisha. News and Bhubaneswar internet editions) and web site of Department of Water Resources, Govt of Orissa are put together at one place to provide an overview of flood in Orissa on a daily basis. There is also a section to present uncovered/latest flood developments/news from the field, which we seek to collect with support from all of you – our civil society partners. This Flood alert is being circulated among media, decision makers – legislatures, bureaucrats etc. with an aim to catalyze informed and expeditious decisions and actions. We request to all recipients and their civil society contacts/friends to kindly mail ( [email protected] ) /phone (Bhupesh: 8763039252) us such events/developments related to Flood in your areas for adding value and meaning to this Civil Society Initiative. Needless to say that all such news will be acknowledged with source Past flood updates 1. Flood Update 1