Bhubaneswar, Aug 18: The Odisha government on Saturday put all the 30 districts on alert to deal with any possible flood-like situation or water-logging with the low pressure area over Bay of Bengal intensifying.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy downpour in parts of Odisha till August 20.
The IMD said that the low pressure area over north Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas along the Bangladesh-West Bengal coasts is likely to move north-northwestwards and become a well-marked low pressure area over Bangladesh and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal by August 19.
"Thereafter, it is likely to move west-northwestwards across Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand and adjoining Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and adjoining Madhya Pradesh during the subsequent 3-4 days," it said.
