Bhubaneswar, August 6: Breaches in the embankment of Puri Canal left the Balakati area inundated on Sunday.
A wide-open breach from the canal at the Balakati siphon network in the outskirt of Bhubaneswar has submerged vast areas of cropped land and roads, said sources.
On being informed, a team of the water resources department visited the spot and checked the surplus water with packets of sand.
Worth mentioning, floodwater from the Mahanadi, released to the Puri canal has triggered the flash flood in the Balakati area.