The rivers Manimala, Pampa and Achenkovil continued to be in spate with no respite in the spell of rain on Sunday.
Flood situation in the Upper Kuttanad region of Thiruvalla taluk is getting grim with the flood waters inundating the paddy fields, rural roads and many settlement colonies in this low-lying part of Pathanamthitta district on Sunday.
Vehicular traffic on many rural roads in the Upper Kuttanad villages of Peringara, Niranom, Kadapra, and Nedumpram has been disrupted owing to flooding. The Mepral-Kidangara Road, Alamthuruthy-Vengal Road, Kombankeri Road, Mepral-Kidangara Road, Peringara-Karackal Road, Azhiyidathuchira-Mepral Road, and Kavumbhagom-Mepral Road had been flooded by Sunday afternoon.
Local people taking their children and other family members in small country boats along the flooded rural roads and across the inundated paddy fields, braving the rains, were common scenes in Upper Kuttanad on Sunday.
The flood waters breached protection walls (bunds) of many paddy fields in the Peringara village.
People did not go out of their houses as flood threat loomed large over the low-lying Upper Kuttanad on Sunday.
Many colonies, that include the Ambedkar colony in Niranom, Kazhuppil colony, Mundappally colony and Alamthuruthy colony in Peringara, have been isolated with the flood waters surrounding these settlements.
Holiday declaredDistrict Collector, S.Harikishore, has declared Monday a holiday for all educational institutions, except professional colleges, in Thiruvalla taluk in view of the growing flood threat.
Scarcity of potable water is a major problem facing the flood-hit areas. A good number of wells in Upper Kuttanad have been reportedly inundated contaminating the well water.
The people of Upper Kuttanad have to depend solely on the water supplied by the Kerala Water Authority for their domestic chores.
Ironically, the waterlines of KWA have been remaining dry in many parts of the affected area, leaving the hapless people in distress.
Relief camps openedAs many as 110 people have been shifted to three flood relief camps opened in Thiruvalla taluk on Sunday. According to official sources, 28 families have been shifted to the relief camp opened at the Community Centre at Thirumoolapuram.
The administration has shifted 20 families to the relief camp opened at KV Upper Primary School at Pulikeezhu and five families to the St. Behenan’s School at Puramattom.
