bhubaneswar residents of sundarpada naharkanta and pahala in the capital city woke up to a nightmare on wednesday morning as water inundated the localities with daya and kathajodi rivers overflowing their banks following the discharge of water from mundali barrage on the mahanadi while the lowlying areas in naharkanta and pahala were submerged due to the rise in water level at kathajodi river people in sundarpada had to be evacuated from their homes as water from the daya river entered their homes the odisha disaster rapid action force odraf rescued eight families who were trapped in their homes in sundarpada the floodwater had completely inundated the approach road to the locality bhubaneswar municipal corporation bmc mayor sulochana das visited naharkanta where 22 families had been trapped the families were provided with polythene sheets and dry food they were also moved to a safe place as floodwater entered the residential complexes a fourmonthold girl and her mother got trapped at sundarpada they were rescued by fire services personnel using an inflatable boat police and locals also helped in the rescue operation as water entered our homes it submerged the drinking water points we couldnt get water to drink later we got packaged drinking water said a local