Cyclone Fani caused damage of Rs 24,176 crore in Odisha: DLNA Report
The report is expected to contribute towards expediting the reconstruction and recovery processes in the state.
The report is expected to contribute towards expediting the reconstruction and recovery processes in the state.
In a word, lakhs have been affected in east and north-eastern India. And the relief effort must match the enormity of the crisis.
A total of 165 high schools, 27 primary schools have been damaged.
He also sought the allocation for 5 lakh permanent houses to replace the habitations damaged in the cyclone.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik suggested states hit by major natural calamities be declared as “Special Focus States” with benefits as per the Special Category Status.
Additional Secretary, Home, Vivek Bharadwaj, who led the Central team, says damage in Puri has been massive, assures livelihood concerns will be priority and MGNREGA sanctions will be expedited
The peculiarity of this strong cyclonic storm was the persistence of its intensity till it crossed the coast, and the fact that it did not weaken following interaction with land after crossing the coast
The infrastructure includes 291 km of drainage system, 750 km of roads, 26,821 street light points, parks, and public and community toilets.
Naveen Patnaik has said Centre should sanction the 5 lakh houses on a Centre-state fund-sharing pattern of 90: 10 as a special case for the cyclone-hit areas of Odisha
Elections to the Patkura assembly constituency are due in the coming months
