BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from the Mandi constituency, Kangana Ranaut, alleged that the Congress misused the central funds allocated to the state during the flash floods last year.
Due to this flooding, tourists are prohibited from bathing near the waterbodies adjacent to the Old Courtallam Falls, which is a major tourist attraction in the district, an official said.
The infrastructure of the local towns has suffered significant damage due to flash floods, landslides and other calamities that have occurred in the past few years.
The district magistrate, Jharsuguda, Aboli Sunil Naravane has assured villagers of compensation following the loss caused by the breach in an ash pond of the thermal plant led to flooding of farmland in some villages in the district on Friday.
A breach in an ash pond of the thermal plant of the Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) allegedly led to flooding of farmland in some villages in the Jharsuguda district on Friday.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday met family members of Jawan Saroj Kumar Das, who was killed in the Sikkim flash floods, in Dhenkanal, Odisha.
After the flash flood caused large-scale destruction in Sikkim, troops of the Indian Army, along with BRO (Border Road Organisation) and the assistance of civil administration and locals, are undertaking operations on a massive scale to reconnect North Sikkim.
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang visited Chungthang on Sunday, where a dam was washed away after flash floods on October 4. The Chief Minister assessed the extent of destruction caused by the washing away of the Teesta Stage III dam and the flood at the Teesta basin, said officials
Relief operations by the Indian Air Force continued unabated in Sikkim, which is still counting the spoils from a devastating flash flood, officials said.
The death toll in the Sikkim flash floods increased to 40, and 76 people are still missing in the disaster-hit state, an official statement said on Tuesday.