Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has put on alert all districts after heavy rain lashed most parts of the state, as a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression, officials said Wednesday. “The system lay centred at about 400 km east-southeast of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 420 km south-southeast of Gopalpur (Odisha), 450 km south of Puri (Odisha) and 500 km south of Paradip (Odisha) at about 11.30 am,” the IMD bulletin said. For October 2, the IMD has issued a ‘Red’ warning of above 20-cm rainfall in Puri and Jagstingpur districts, an ‘Orange’ warning (7 cm to 20 cm rain) for 14 districts, and a ‘Yellow’ warning (7 cm to 11 cm rain) for the remaining 14 districts. Fishermen have been advised not to venture into the sea along and off the Odisha coast during October 1 to October 4. In a post on X, IMD scientist U S Das said, “The rainfall continues in Odisha even a day after the annual monsoon season ended Tuesday.”PTI