After days of swollen rivers and waterlogged villages, Odisha’s flood map is shrinking. Officials say the overall situation is under control. Relief, rescue and restoration have not been stood down.
The sharpest remaining picture is in Jajpur. Dasarathpur block is still affected: 19 gram panchayats, 62 villages. Twenty-two relief camps are open for 8,983 people. Elsewhere, districts that were hit earlier have improved and remain under watch, with supplies moving as needed.
Camps are not empty shells. Safe drinking water, sanitation, lighting, medical support and food are in place. Extra care is being arranged for children, pregnant women, the elderly and persons with disabilities. Polythene sheets and dry rations continue to reach families who need them.
The numbers tell the scale of the supply line so far in this phase: 6,426.76 quintals of chuda, 648.01 quintals of gur, 1,590.71 metric tonnes of cattle feed, and 11,337 polythene sheets.
When the water rose, 157 response teams went in — 56 ODRAF, 9 NDRF and 92 Fire and Emergency Services units. Six ODRAF teams are still working in Jajpur today.
Rain has not vanished. The state averaged 24.5 mm in the last 24 hours. Barkote block in Debagada recorded 127.2 mm, the day’s high. Three blocks crossed 100 mm; 34 blocks and two urban local bodies saw 50–100 mm.
At noon, river gauges told a mixed but mostly easing story. The Mahanadi at Naraj was 23.94 m and falling. The Devi at Alipingal was 4.72 m, the Kushabhadra at Nimapada 3.82 m — both falling. The Brahmani at Panposh (174.82 m) and Jenapur (20.30 m) was rising slowly. The Baitarani stood at 36.71 m at Anandpur and 18.06 m at Akhuapada. The Burhabalanga at NH-5 was 6.24 m; the Subarnarekha 47.94 m at Jamsholaghat and 8.87 m at Rajghat; the Jalaka at Mathani 6.48 m. Administrations say they are watching every basin.
The India Meteorological Department’s next chapter is not quiet. Isolated heavy to very heavy rain is likely in several districts. Extremely heavy rain is possible at one or two places in Bargarh — a Red warning. Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds are also on the cards.
Orange warning: Sundaragada, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Debagada, Anugola, Kendujhar, Sonpur, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi.
Yellow warning: Baleshwar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, Boudh, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada.
Districts under colour codes have been told to keep the machinery ready. People have been asked to track weather updates and take shelter during thunderstorms.
The State Emergency Operation Centre is running a 24×7 watch with district control rooms. Local flooding, waterlogging, weak roads, landslides, damaged structures and standing crops remain the risks that officials say they will not treat as afterthoughts. The Special Relief Commissioner’s office is coordinating departments so response does not lag the next burst of rain.
The headline from Bhubaneswar today is not that the monsoon is finished. It is that the worst of this spell is easing, camps are still feeding people, teams are still in Jajpur, and the state is treating the next IMD warning as work, not weather chat.
