Meanwhile, six days after the calamity, the state government admitted to a death toll of 52 in the state and said 10 others were missing.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik meeting cyclone and flood-affected families at Gangabada gram panchayat in Gajapati district on Wednesday. (Photo: SNS)
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik enhanced the ex gratia amount for families of those who died in the cyclonic storm Titli and floods from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 10 lakh and announced that the state will shoulder the burden of educating children whose parents had died.
Meanwhile, six days after the calamity, the state government admitted to a death toll of 52 in the state and said 10 others were missing.
Of the 52 casualties, the maximum, 39, had occurred in Gajapati district followed by 12 in Ganjam district. The preliminary estimates put the damage costs at Rs 2200 crore.
Advertisement
Patnaik visited Gangabada panchayat of Gajapati district and spent 20 minutes there talking to affected people and officers.
“Never in the history of Odisha have people ever died from landslides. Landslide is a completely new phenomenon in Odisha,” he said while referring to 16 deaths due on the hill top village. “All steps will be taken to rehabilitate the affected families,” he added.
Vulnerability mapping of all villages and habitations located in hilly and difficult regions will be made. All facilities will be provided to the people wherever they shift to other locations, Patnaik said. Many villagers have expressed their willingness to shift from hilltop to other locations.
These new settlements will be declared as villages and all basic facilities like drinking water, anganwadi centres, school, community centres and health facilities will be provided, said the CM.
Advertisement
