Chhattisgarh News: In Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division, due to the continuous heavy rains for the past few days, the rivers and streams are in spate and many villages have lost connectivity with the district headquarters, apart from this, traffic on the National Highway has also been affected.
Chhattisgarh- Telangana National Highway has also been completely blocked, in fact, due to the increase in the water level of the Godavari river in the Konta block of Chhattisgarh, the river water has come on the road and due to which it has become difficult for vehicles to pass through here.
Due to the road being completely submerged, there is a long queue of vehicles towards Telangana and Chhattisgarh. It is being said that the water level of the Godavari river is gradually increasing and if the situation remains the same, then many villages of Konta block may get submerged once again.
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Record breaking rain occurred in two districts of Bastar division
Actually, record breaking rain is happening in Bijapur and Sukma districts of Bastar division. On one hand, due to continuous torrential rain, many villages of Sukma district have turned into islands and traffic has been affected due to overflowing of rivers and streams.
Along with this, the Godavari river is also in full splendor, it is being told that the water level of the Godavari river is continuously increasing, last year also due to the flood in the Godavari river, many villages of Konta block were submerged and some people also lost their lives.
The national highway has been completely closed
The SDRF team had safely rescued many villagers, who were kept in the relief camp, this time also similar situation is arising, the way the water level of the Godavari river is increasing, due to this the route of Telangana and Chhattisgarh National Highway has also been completely closed, due to which there is a long queue of vehicles towards Chhattisgarh and Telangana, although all the drivers are waiting for the water to recede from the roads.
It is being told that the water level of Godavari river is increasing every hour, due to which there is a possibility of flood, meanwhile the district administration has completely alerted SDRF and flood disaster management.
Rain caused havoc in Bijapur too
Along with Sukma district, rain has caused heavy destruction in Bijapur district as well. Here too, the Jagdalpur-Bijapur road has been closed due to heavy rains. Many rivers and streams are in full flow. However, at many places, people are crossing these overflowing rivers and streams and bridges by risking their lives. But the people of rural areas are facing the most problems, where their villages have turned into islands due to the rise in the water level of rivers and streams. Thus, they are completely cut off from the urban areas.
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