Due to the continuous rain in the state, there are reports of dams bursting somewhere and roads breaking somewhere. Due to the rain, the normal life of the people has become disrupted. At the same time, the government and administration have to work hard to maintain the system during the rainy days Due to the intermittent rains in Mahasamund district for the last 5 days, the reservoir of Dwaratarakala village of Bagbahara development block burst this morning. Due to the bursting of the reservoir, paddy crops of about 40 farmers of Dwaratarakala, Dwaratarakhurd and Bhalukona villages spread over about 80 acres have been destroyed. At the time of the bursting of the reservoir, the reservoir was filled with 14 feet of water, which filled the farmers’ fields.
The Sarpanch of Dwartarakala told that during the famine of 1999-2000, former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi had constructed this reservoir on 30 acres of land from relief funds for employment and disposal of wastewater. This reservoir was later connected to Natai Nala, but due to incomplete work, the wastewater was disposed of from this reservoir. It was leaking since last year, which burst today.
Due to the pressure of rain water, the diversion road-bridge built on the side of the under-construction bridge on the Kondal river on the national highway connecting Maharashtra in Mohla-Manpur district was washed away. A week ago, the diversion road-bridge on the Kotri and Korkotti rivers on the national highway was also washed away. In this way, inter-state traffic from Manpur on the national highway has been completely closed for a week. Many school children from various villages of Kohka area studying in Manpur have not been able to reach school for a week.
