Sandeshkhali, September 05: With the weather turning cyclonic, fresh areas in parts of Aila-hit Sundarbans have been flooded due to high tide forcing people to shift to safer places, official sources said today.
The Raimangal river was overflowing and had caused two breaches in Manipur panchayat under Sandeshkhali II block in South 24 Parganas district, local Block Development Officer, Subhajit Mondal told PTI.
The breaches had been caused at Gopaler Ghat and Boaler Char, he said adding the irrigation department officials had been informed about the same.
As the water level was rising, people living on embankments and roads after being rendered homeless by Cyclone Aila on May 25, had shifted to nearby schools for shelter, Mondal said.
It was also raining in the area.
The BDO said ten villages were likely to be affected as the water level was expected to go up in the afternoon.
A report from neighbouring Gosaba said eight villages had been affected by the high tide in the block. The villages are Annpur, Jamespur, Emilybari, Lahiripur, Sadhupur, Radhanagar, Amtali and Kalidaspur, it said.
—Agencies