Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The flood situation in several northern Odisha districts, including Balasore, turned grim, with the swollen rivers inundating low-lying areas, leaving people in at least 134 villages marooned.
Rivers such as Subarnarekha, Budhabalang, Jalaka and Baitarani in north Odisha are in spate due to heavy rain caused by a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, and subsequent floods water release from Jharkhand. As many as 251 villages in the districts of Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur and Bhadrak have been impacted by the north Odisha floods, while the total number of affected populations crossed 9.66 lakhs.
Odisha had already been reeling under the impact of a medium flood in the east with the overflowing Mahanadi River inundating paddy fields and villages. As many as 6.4 lakh people remain marooned in the twin floods. The state government is currently operating 440 relief centres, where above 1.71 people are being fed cooked meals.
The evacuation process continued even as flood water entered the vi
