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<p>Submerged houses in Tikri Pada</p><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

Submerged houses in Tikri Pada






Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



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<p>A man tries to clear the rubble of his damaged house</p><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

A man tries to clear the rubble of his damaged house






Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



Read also: Why floods despite dams

<p>Lankeswari Temple tries to fight the thrashing waves of floods <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

Lankeswari Temple tries to fight the thrashing waves of floods



Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



Read also: Why floods despite dams

<p>Water filled Raja pada</p><br /><p><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

Water filled Raja pada


Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



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<p>People evacuate home in Ghudaghat Pada<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980' target='_blank'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

People evacuate home in Ghudaghat Pada



Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



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<p>Floods have affected the normal lives in Tikiri Pada</p><br /><p>Water level nears the danger mark in Mahanadi bridge</p>

Floods have affected the normal lives in Tikiri Pada


Water level nears the danger mark in Mahanadi bridge

<p><br /><br /><br /><br />A man tries to mend his bicycle near Trahi Achyuta Mandir, Rameswar Road <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>





A man tries to mend his bicycle near Trahi Achyuta Mandir, Rameswar Road



Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



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<p>Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam in Kevadia is filled to its capacity <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Narendra Paperwala<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam in Kevadia is filled to its capacity



Photographs by: Narendra Paperwala



Read also: Why floods despite dams

<p>Water filled streets in Odisha villages<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

Water filled streets in Odisha villages



Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



Read also: Why floods despite dams

<p>People evacuate on boat flooded areas</p><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

People evacuate on boat flooded areas






Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



Read also: Why floods despite dams

<p>Flooding in the area makes Collector’s house unreachable</p><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

Flooding in the area makes Collector’s house unreachable






Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



Read also: Why floods despite dams

<p>Narmada river in spate <br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Narendra Paperwala<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

Narmada river in spate



Photographs by: Narendra Paperwala



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<p>People wait for relief</p><br /><p><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

People wait for relief


Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



Read also: Why floods despite dams

<p>No roads to commute in Tikri Pada village</p><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

No roads to commute in Tikri Pada village






Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



Read also: Why floods despite dams

<p>Flooded houses in Odisha</p><br /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

Flooded houses in Odisha






Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



Read also: Why floods despite dams

<p><br /><br /><br /><br />Floods inundate a hut in Kumbhar Pada</p><br /><p><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p><br />





Floods inundate a hut in Kumbhar Pada


Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



Read also: Why floods despite dams


<p>People wait for relief</p><br /><p><strong>Photographs by:</strong> Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Read also:</strong> <a target='_blank' href='http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33980'>Why floods despite dams</a></p>

People wait for relief


Photographs by: Irfana Qureshi from coastal Odisha and Trinath Prasad Acharya from western Odisha



Read also: Why floods despite dams

Floods
Gujarat
Disaster Management
Odisha
Bay Of Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
flood control strategy
Chhattisgarh
Mahanadi
PURI
Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam
Cuttack
Hirakud dam
SAURASHTRA
SAMBALPUR
Jagatsinghpur
Ahmedabad
Tapi
Sabarmati river
India Meterological Department
Mehsana
Indian Institute of Management
Ukai reservoir
Surat floods
Sonepur
Kevadia
Jamnagar district
Dharoi dam
Rivers' fury
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