Bhubaneswar, Oct 26 (PTI) The Odisha government on Sunday put all 30 districts on alert as the depression in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression and is slowly moving towards the east coast, officials said.

Odisha will experience very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall on October 28 and 29, they said.

The IMD has issued a red alert for five Odisha districts – Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati and Ganjam – and orange and yellow alerts for several other districts.

The weather office also hoisted Distant Cautionary Signal No-I (DC-1) at all ports of Odisha and advised fishermen not to venture into the sea till October 29.

An alert has been sounded across the Odisha coast from Ganjam to Balasore, with authorities urging fishermen and people to stay vigilant and not

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