Bhubaneswar, Oct 2 (PTI) Heavy rain continued to lash Odisha on Thursday as a deep depression crossed the state’s coast near Gopalpur in Ganjam on Thursday evening, causing landslides and waterlogging in several districts and leaving two persons injured, officials said.

The two persons suffered injury in Jagatsinghpur district after a decorative bamboo gate, erected on the occasion of Durga Puja at Balikuda, collapsed, and they were admitted to a local community health centre, police said. State revenue department officials said that heavy rain triggered landslides in Gajapti, Rayagada and Koraput districts, while some trees fell in Ganjam.

Rainwater submerged a bridge in Koraput district, disrupting vehicular movement on National Highway 326, connecting Odisha with Andhra Pradesh, they

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