nagpur the flood situation in gadchiroli took a turn for the worse with heavy rains continuing to lash the remote eastern vidarbha district on thursday in an unprecedented measure the administration has shifted 10681 people and 2699 families from 46 villages to safer locations they are being sheltered at schools and other government buildingssironcha where maximum 9423 people and 2424 families from 33 villages were relocated is the worst affected taluka with godavari river breaking the record of 10705m level set in 1986 the river was flowing at 10809m on thursday another major river pranhita too is flowing above the danger levelgadchiroli collector sanjay meena said national disaster response force ndrf is expected to reach gadchiroli and would be deployed to sironcha to tackle the situation we already have two state disaster response force sdrf teams in the district for rescue and relocation operations ndrf would be additional help said meena adding the state is also helping with additional funds required to meet the severe flood in the districtat least nine villages in sironcha taluka have been completely cut off from the rest of the districta bhamragarh resident said the taluka has been cut off from the district since tuesday the three nullahs at kumarguda hemalkasa and tadgaon had been intermittently cutting off road since last one week with parlakota rivers rising level and water flowing over the bridge bhamragarh taluka has lost connectivity with the rest of the district he saidthe district administration has also sounded an alarm for citizens cautioning them against staying or moving close to the godavari pranhita wainganga and indravati river catchment areas the administration has also warned against trying to cross sewni nullah as the road between gadchiroli and chamorshi was closed due to flooding similarly the citizens have been warned against crossing pal river bridge as the road between gadchiroli and armori was closed due to floodingseveral roads in the district have been submerged in the flood the approach road between aheri and bhamragarh was closed though alapallibhamragarh road was opened earlier in the day dewalmari to aheri road remained closed for any movement alapalli to ashti mool to chamorshi korchi to bhimpur and chamorshi to gadchiroli roads too were closed due to the flooddistrict administration informed bodhankheda village in dhanora taluka of north gadchiroli has turned into an island with water surrounding it from all sideswith the meteorological department forecasting heavy rainfall and thunderstorm at couple of places the district administration is sending extra rations to some villages that may get cut off in the flooddont click selfieamong other warnings the district administration has warned citizens against clicking selfies near flooded river or bridges with strong undercurrents known to develop in the flowing water the collector office has also included the caution against clicking selfies in their audio messagescm orders immediate reliefchief minister eknath shinde raised the issue of devastating floods at gadchiroli at the cabinet meeting on thursday he issued instructions to ensure additional rescue teams of ndrf and sdrf teams