Tidal waves lash Ganjam district: As many as 27 houses cave in

Berhampur: As numerous as 27 houses have collapsed at Ramayapatna town in Odisha’s Ganjam locale in the previous multi week because of seaside disintegration, authorities said here Sunday.

Around twelve more are very nearly breakdown as high tsunamis keep on lashing the anglers’ town in Chikiti square of the area, they said.

Hara Prasad Bhoi, the tehsildar of Chikiti, said the locale gatherer’s consideration has been attracted to the circumstance and measures were being taken to manage the circumstance.

As per the authorities, Berhampur Sub-Collector S D Bhausaheb, who visited the town Saturday, has asked the anglers to move to new houses developed under the Odisha Disaster Recovery Project (ODRP).

A resident, be that as it may, said numerous individuals were hesitant to move to their new houses as it was simpler to go angling from Ramayapatna.

Besides, not every one of them have been dispensed houses under the plan, L Bhagi Raju clarified.

“Individuals here are in the hold of dread… Several houses near the ocean are very nearly breakdown,” Raju, who is additionally the individual from a town board of trustees, said.

Girija Bhusan Mallick, the income reviewer of Sonepur, said individuals living in covered houses in the town have been given pucca houses at Chandrabedha, around one-and-a-half km from their town.

“Taking all things together, 331 families got houses under the plan. The town has around 500 families. The legislature has chosen to build a one-meter-long watchman divider close to the shoreline to shield the town from disintegration,” he said.

Sources said various houses on the shoreline are simply hanging with the sand underneath presented to fast disintegration.

The town, which was around 750 meters from the coastline around seven years back, is presently under 100 meters from the ocean, they included.