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Tidal waves breach embankments, spoil crops [1]

KENDRAPARA: Panic gripped seaside villages in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts with tidal waves lashing the villages from Wednesday causing extensive damage to agricultural land in a couple of blocks.

In Keruapala village under Rangani gram panchayat in Rajnagar block a sluice gate collapsed on Thursday, as a result about 4,000 acres were inundated with saline water.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar) [2]
Tags:
Kendrapara (D) [3], Jagatsinghpur (D) [4], Orissa (Odisha) [5], Natural Disasters [6], Agriculture [7]
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