{"id":13275,"date":"2026-08-17T10:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T10:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13275"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T10:25:45","slug":"over-300-stranded-as-floodwater-enters-residential-school-in-kendrapada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13275","title":{"rendered":"Over 300 stranded as floodwater enters residential school in Kendrapada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133276774,imgsize-72215,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/f5956a0f-6661-4832-b4d2-afd2e78a57ef_students_teachers_stranded_as_floodwaters_swamp_residential_school_in_kendrapadajpg.jpg\" alt=\"Over 300 stranded as floodwater enters residential school in Kendrapada\" title=\"The residential school in Kendrapada submerged in floodwater\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The residential school in Kendrapada submerged in floodwater\">The residential school in Kendrapada submerged in floodwater<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Kendrapada:<\/span> More than 300 students and teachers of a govt residential school for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe have been stranded in flooded Kulasahi village of Kendrapada district since Saturday, with no rescue in sight.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Officials said that the stranded students were safe, even as the ground floor of 15\u2011year\u2011old Kulasahi Ashram School at Penthapala gram panchayat in Pattamundai block is submerged in 10-ft-deep water, and inmates packed in rooms on the first floor.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>The school was marooned after floodwaters from Brahmani river surged on Saturday. The ground floor of the school building, where several students stay, was submerged, forcing all inmates to shift to the first floor.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Ajit Barik, block education officer (BEO) of Pattamundai, said the school has sufficient LPG cylinders to cook food for a week, admitting that the strong current has hampered relief and rescue operations, with boat operators struggling to navigate the swollen waters. \u201cWe are in touch with the district administration, which has assured us of help,\u201d Barik said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Kendrapada collector Raghuram R Iyer said they have directed Pattamundai block development officer Sheetal Agarwal and district welfare officer Arabinda Ray to provide food, drinking water and other relief materials to the stranded students and teachers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>A teacher said the building is battling a strong current. \u201cWe are worried about the safety of the children,\u201d said the teacher.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Another staff member said this school, located in a low\u2011lying area close to the riverbank, faces waterlogging almost every flood season. Authorities should have shifted the students before the waters rose, added the staffer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The plight of the children has left parents anxious. \u201cThe authorities committed gross negligence by not shifting the students in time. Mobile phones are our only lifeline. My son told me that all the students are cramped into rooms on the first floor, sleeping tightly packed,&#8221; said Jayant Mallick of Srirampur.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/bhubaneswar\/over-300-stranded-as-floodwater-enters-residential-school-in-kendrapada\/articleshow\/133276776.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The residential school in Kendrapada submerged in floodwater Kendrapada: More than 300 students and teachers of a govt residential school for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe have been stranded in flooded Kulasahi village of Kendrapada district since Saturday, with no rescue in sight.Officials said that the stranded students were safe, even as the ground floor 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