📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / Aisworika
Weather
Salandi River Swells Above Danger Level in Bhadrak, Flood Alert Issued
✍️ Kanak News Odisha
🗓 17 Aug 2026, 02:40 PM
👁 43
The Salandi River in Bhadrak has risen above the danger level, prompting authorities to issue a flood alert.
The Salandi River in Bhadrak has risen above the danger level, prompting authorities to issue a flood alert.
The river, which flows through the Bhadrak district of Odisha, has seen a sharp rise in water levels following recent heavy rainfall.
Local officials have mobilised flood control measures and advised residents to avoid low‑lying areas; evacuation centres have been set up.
The Odisha Disaster Management Authority is monitoring the situation closely, and no casualties have been reported so far.
The river, which flows through the Bhadrak district of Odisha, has seen a sharp rise in water levels following recent heavy rainfall.
Local officials have mobilised flood control measures and advised residents to avoid low‑lying areas; evacuation centres have been set up.
The Odisha Disaster Management Authority is monitoring the situation closely, and no casualties have been reported so far.