Flood situation in Odisha has worsened further. The Mahanadi river system threatens to inundate large tracts of 14 districts as 14 lakh cusecs of water is set to pass through Munduli barrage by Saturday morning. Thousands of people living in the low lying areas of coastal districts are fleeing to safer places as an imminent flood is set to engulf a large number of human habitations. Fifty nine sluice gates of Hirakud dam have been opened to discharge excess rain water. AIR correspondent reports, the Hirakud reservoir level is standing at 629.12 feet, less than half a feet from the full level, there is no option for the dam authorities but to release more water in the downstream. Large areas in Subarnapur, Boudh, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh, Bargarh, Cuttack , Kendrapara, Sambalpur and Jagatsinghpur district have been witnessing inundation and people are being shifted to safer places. About 6.5 lakh people have been marooned in 1500 villages of 39 blocks and eight urban local bodies in 14 districts in the current flood. The state government has directed district collectors to provide emergent food assistance for seven days in the affected and marooned areas. However, the opposition Congress has criticised the government for mis-handling of the flood situation. In Uttarakhand, roads leading to Himalayan shrines of Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, have been closed at various places. AIR correspondent reports, in Uttar Pradesh two women were killed in separate incidents of wall collapse. Mirzapur received maximum rainfall of 148 milimetres. In Punjab and Haryana, several parts of the region have been inundated in low lying areas snapping power and water supply. Most of the rivers in the region are in spate. Chandigarh received 66 milimetres of rain. Delhi received 67 milimetres of rainfall on Friday. Weatherman has predicted more rain in Delhi during the next 24 hours. In Chhattisgarh, flood situation in at least three districts continue to be grim after four days of intermittent rains. As per reports, the government has asked the help of the Army in relief and rescue operations particularly in the worst affected Raygarh, Korba and Janjgir districts. While the chief minister Dr. Raman Singh is personally supervising the relief operations, he has entrusted one minister each for these three district to monitor the relief and rescue works. Five crore rupees each for these three districts have already been given as flood relief by the government. Death of 6 persons, collapse of about 800 houses, disruption in the road and rail connectivity and sizable damage to standing crop due to flood waters are some of the effects that the continuous rains has so far left in its trail in Chhattisgarh. More than 2000 people have been stationed in around 800 relief camps spread across the state. Many more are said to be stranded amidst flood water in some areas. A couple of helicopters have been pressed into service to assist in the rescue and relief operations. As Chhattisgarh is witnessing flood ravage of such dimension after 8 long years it has naturally caught the affected people almost unawares.