Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik seeks Rs 5,228 cr to deal with damage caused by Cyclone Fani
India | June 16, 2019 7:07 ISTPatnaik also sought the allocation for 5 lakh permanent houses to replace the habitations damaged in the cyclone.
Patnaik also sought the allocation for 5 lakh permanent houses to replace the habitations damaged in the cyclone.
"As you know, we have been hit by a recent cyclone which has done a great deal of damage. I have asked for Rs 5,000 crore for rehabilitation and restoration work." Naveen Patnaik said.
The cyclone that made landfall at a wind speed of about 200 kmph near Puri affected 14 districts involving 20,367 villages. It affected 1.6 crore people and 1.88 lakh hectare of crop areas.
At least 64 persons including 39 from Puri district alone were killed in the calamity. The official said of the total 25,01,131 affected electricity consumers, power has been restored to 23,36,584 consumers.
According to the Met office, heat wave condition is very likely to prevail at some places till Monday.
The Income Tax Department Friday extended the due date for depositing tax deducted at source (TDS) for the month of April 2019 from May 7 to May 20 for deductors in cyclone-hit Odisha.
Though the state government has spent more than Rs 6,000 crore in relief and restoration works within a fortnight of the calamity, the Centre has released Rs 1,341 crore so far.
The four suspended assistant surgeons were found absent during the visit of senior officers of the health department to cyclone-affected Puri district, said a health official.
The cyclone hit the district on May 3. Rendered homeless, Khirod Jena (58), a landless daily wage earner in Raghudeipur village, has been living in 7 feet x 6 feet toilet along with spouse and two grown-up daughters.
The power supply in Puri district has still not been restored in majority of the households ever since the cyclone wreaked havoc in the state.
Twelve days after cyclone 'Fani' hit Odisha coast, power supply at the Jagannath Temple in Puri district was restored on Wednesday evening, officials said. There had been no electricity in the temple since the time severe cyclonic storm 'Fani' made landfall in Puri, they said. Power along the Grand Road -- from the Jagannath Temple to the Gundicha Temple -- was also restored.
According to the company, over 2,600 sites are now operational and connecting people in these areas.
Narrating her ordeal, Shantilata Mishra, a widow at Biraramchandrapur village in Puri district said, "I have lost my thatched house in the cyclone. No one from the government has come to see my damaged house. I am waiting for the assessment since May 4."
The inter-ministerial team is being led by Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Vivek Bharadwaj.
An analysis of the frequencies of cyclones on the East and West coasts of India during 1891-2000 show that nearly 308 cyclones (out of which 103 were severe) affected the East Coast.
The challenge ahead is to initiate a large-scale plantation drive. The forest department wants to plant cyclone resistant trees given the recurring instances of natural calamities in the state.
The cyclone has so far claimed 41 lives, with Puri district accounting for the maximum 21. A total of 167 people were also injured in the calamity. Of them, 160 were from Puri district, four from Kendrapara and three from Bhubaneswar.
The toll in cyclone Fani on Wednesday rose to 41, while power restoration work is on full wing in the affected areas with additional skilled manpower being drawn from other states, an official said.
Rejecting speculation that the June 6-15 tournament might be shifted out of the Odisha Capital to either Lucknow or Raipur, a top Hockey India official said no such decision has been taken and the national body is committed to host the event in Bhubaneswar.
Cyclone Fani has left a major impact on a Bengali platter as prices of essential commodities, especially fishes have skyrocketed in the kitchen markets.
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