Jharkhand flood news, Himanshu Gop : Due to torrential rains in many parts of Jharkhand for the last four days, life has been disrupted and people are confined to their homes. Here, amid continuous rains, the Swarnarekha river in Seraikela-Kharsawan district is in spate. Due to the rising water in the Swarnarekha river, the fields adjacent to the river have been submerged. Due to which the paddy crops have also been drowned. In view of the rising water level of the Swarnarekha river, 12 radial gates of the Chandil dam have been opened till Tuesday evening.
Chandil Dam near the danger mark
By noon, the water level of the Chandil dam had reached 182.35 meters. In view of this, the department opened 12 radial gates out of the 13 radial gates of the dam. In which 7 radial gates of one meter, two gates of 2 meters, one gate of 2.15 meters, one gate of 0.5 centimeters, one gate of 15 centimeters were opened.
Water entered dozens of displaced villages from the Chandil dam
It was raining heavily till Tuesday morning. Due to the significant rise in the water level of the Chandil dam, water from the dam entered dozens of houses including Ichagarh, Patkum, Kalichamda, Kumhari, Udatand, Oriya, Anda, Mainsada, Bagsai, Lepsodih, Babuchamda, Karkidih, Dulmi, Dayapur, Jhapagoda, Bangora, Lava, Kashipur were. The Ichagarh-Silli highway and the main road of Ichagarh were submerged. Also, water from the dams has entered many other villages.
displaced people evacuated to safety
Due to the inflow of water from the dam, villagers were forced to come out in search of a safe place with their household belongings. Water has started flowing over one metre on the main road of Ichagarh. Risking their lives, people continued to move along the same submerged road with the help of boats, buses, motorcycles, bicycles and four-wheelers throughout the day. People from places like Silli, Sonahatu, Milanchok, Tikar, Baghmundi, Suisa, Todang of West Bengal etc. on the Ichagarh-Silli route come to Chandil, Chowka and Jamshedpur every day.
The water suddenly came in at night, the old woman narrowly escaped
The displaced village of Chandil Dam, Ichagarh is completely inundated with water. Due to which water has entered many houses. The main road of Ichagarh village is inundated. Water has entered the shops of the people. Due to which the business of the people has come to a standstill. Due to overflowing water, people are loading their belongings on tractors and other vehicles and heading to safe places. During that time an old lady was swept away. After which she was saved with great effort. The displaced people stayed overnight on the island. We left on Tuesday morning and reached our safe place. People from displaced families are waiting for the water level of the dam to go down by taking shelter in Panchayat Bhawan, School Bhawan and other safe places.
There was talk of keeping the water level below 182 metres, but the MLA’s talks with the administration failed to materialise.
This year, a disaster management meeting was held on June 26, 2024 under the chairmanship of Sub-Divisional Officer Shubhra Rani at Chandil Sub-Divisional Office in connection with monsoon. In the meeting, it was agreed that the water level of the dam would be around 181.69 metres down from 182 metres. In the disaster management meeting, the officials of Swarnarekha Project discussed maintaining the water level of the dam at 181.69 metres.
The MLA expressed his anger and said that people failed to fulfil their responsibility.
MLA Sabita Mahato had directed the department to keep it below 181 metres. Despite this, like every year, this year too the department has done the job of physically and mentally harassing the displaced people of Chandil dam. The displaced villagers said that Ichagarh MLA Sabita Mahato has done the job of drowning hundreds of displaced people. Had the MLA worked to open the radial gate of Chandil dam on time, hundreds of displaced people could have been saved from their homes.
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