World Bank, ADB team visit cyclone-hit areas to assess damage

Odisha government had sought Rs 2,200 crore external assistance to undertake restoration and rehabilitation work during chief minister Naveen Patnaik's discussion with representatives of the international funding agencies in Bhubaneswar a fortnight ago.

“The WB and ADB have agreed in principle to provide the assistance. The international banks are likely to sanction the amount after assessing the damage,” Revenue Minister S N Patro had said here recently.

Ganjam district administration has identified around 18,000 families in 113 villages in five coastal blocks for shifting them to safer places and rehabilitate them in pucca houses at a cost of Rs 450 crore.