Heavy rainfall for the last three days has severely hit normal life in Odisha, particularly the southern parts, with at least three villages marooned in Kalahandi district. Road communication was disrupted and electricity generation came to a halt at Upper Indravati hydro-power plant, official sources said. The districts which have been severely hit due to the heavy rainfall are Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Gajapati and Rayagada, an official at the revenue and disaster management department said. Villages like Biripur, Balichara and Matikai under Kalampur block in Kalahandi district remained cut off since yesterday while the water level receded in three other villages under Junagarh block. About 8,000 people in two blocks of Kalahandi district were affected in the flood, they said. Thuamul Rampur in Kalahandi district recorded the highest rainfall of 310 mm yesterday and 356 mm today, the official said. "We have stopped electricity generation at Upper Indravati hydro-power station since yesterday due to flash flood in river Hati," Gobind Chandra Sethy, the district collector of Kalahandi district said. "Heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of river Hati has led to a bridge at Junagarh being flooded yesterday. The bridge is under three feet of water disrupting traffic on National Highway 201," the official said. The water level in river Bansadhara, however, started receding after it crossed the danger level at Kashinagar in Gajapati district yesterday. There were reports of disruption of road communication from Kalahandi, Koraput and Gajapati districts. The heavy rainfall and flooding have affected ripe paddy crop of late summer variety which was in the process of being harvested in different blocks of Koraput and Kalahandi district, the official said. In Dharmagarh block, quintals of paddy which were brought by the farmers to sell at the Mandi got wet and a few quintals washed away in the rain water. Concerned over the large scale loss of paddy stacked in the Mandis, local MLA Pushpendra Singh Deo on Friday met the chief minister and urged him to take steps for providing compensation to the farmers and other affected people. Thuamul-Rampur in Kalahandi recorded the highest rainfall of 310 mm on June 13 and 356 mm on June 14 followed by Jaipatna, which received rainfall of 204 mm and 198 mm over the two days. Similarly, Kalampur recorded rainfall of 240 mm and 153 mm and Junagarh 215 mm and 142 mm on June 13 and 14, respectively. Nabarangpur, Koraput, Gajapati and Rayagada districts have also received very heavy rainfall during last two days. Rainfall of Nabarangpur, Koraput and Rayagada stood at 314.8 mm, 267.2 mm and 197.4 mm, respectively. The vehicular and train communication were disrupted. Due to flash flood, a bridge on the NH 26 connecting Koraput, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi was swept away, while railway authorities cancelled the Jagdalpur- Howrah Samaleswari express and Koraput-Vishakhapatnam passenger train. The rail track was covered with big stones after falling off the Bhalumaska hill due to heavy rain, sources said. Meanwhile, the regional Met office has alerted the fishermen not to venture into the sea till next 24 hours. Strong and gusty surface winds are likely to blow at 40-50 kmph to 60 kmph speed along and off the Odisha coast, the officials said, adding, rain and thundershower will occur at many places in the state during the next 24 hours. In some places, the rainfall will be heavy to very heavy.