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The drains were not cleaned and de-silted properly that posed hurdle in free flow of rain water. CUTTACK: Citizens of the Millennium City woke up to flood-like situation on Saturday after it was lashed with heavy rains since morning.The streets, lanes and by-lanes across the city were submerged in rain water and people were water-locked in their houses. In 2007 , the city had witnessed similar situation still the authorities took no precautions,” said Congress leader, Mohammed Moquim. People were not able to come out of their houses as streets across the city were inundated with knee-deep water. All articles in my house were floating in drain water that gushed into my house along with rain water,” said Jatadhari Rout, a resident of Pithapur.Normal life was thrown out of gear in the entire city..