PM Narendra Modi announces Rs 500 crore financial assistance for Cyclone Amphan-hit Odisha
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PM Narendra Modi announces Rs 500 crore financial assistance for Cyclone Amphan-hit Odisha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday introduced monetary help of Rs 500 crore for Odisha the place Cyclone Amphan left a path of devastation. The PM carried out an aerial survey of the areas within the state with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

Expressing solidarity with the individuals of Odisha and deep sorrow for the lives misplaced, the Prime Minister additionally introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the subsequent of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the severely injured.

“Everyone is fighting COVID-19. In such a time, we had a super cyclone in some parts of India. This became very worrying. At the same time, due to the well-established processes in Odisha, many lives were saved. I congratulate the people and Government of Odisha. At the same time, there has been damage to property, which we reviewed in a meeting today. All possible assistance will be provided by the Centre to ensure quick relief work. Rs 500 crore will be given to Odisha as advance assistance,” tweeted the PMO.

After the aerial survey, PM Modi chaired a gathering in Bhubaneshwar with the senior state and central authorities functionaries to assessment the scenario. He introduced the monetary help pending the evaluation of the harm by an Inter-Ministerial Central Team.

“I would like to thank the citizens of Odisha, the administration and the CM for their efforts in tackling Cyclone Amphan as the state has been able to limit the casualties,” additionally stated PM Modi.

PM Modi visited Odisha to take inventory of the scenario accompanied by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Ministers of State Babul Supriyo, Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Debasree Chaudhuri. Accompanied by the Governor of Odisha, Ganeshi Lal, and the CM, the PM carried out an aerial survey of Bhadrak and Balasore to evaluate the affect of the cyclone.

The PM gave his assurance that the Union Government would work shoulder to shoulder with the state governments at this troublesome time and provides all potential help for restoration and rebuilding of infrastructure within the areas affected by the cyclone.

PM Modi was obtained by CM Patnaik and Governor Ganeshi Lal on arrival at Bhubaneswar Airport. This was the Prime Minister’s first go to outdoors the nationwide capital after the coronavirus-induced lockdown was imposed on the midnight of March 24. 

Cyclone Amphan wreaked havoc in Odisha, damaging energy and telecom infrastructure in a number of coastal districts. This cyclone is taken into account to be the second main cyclone within the Bay of Bengal after the tremendous cyclone of 1999, which had claimed round 10,000 lives in Odisha and devastated huge areas within the state.

In 2018, Odisha had rushed males and sources to the southern state of Kerala, which was severely hit by unprecedented floods. The rescue-and-relief groups from Odisha actively took half within the rehabilitation and resettlement of the flood-hit individuals in Kerala.

Nearly 45 lakh individuals in Odisha are affected by the extraordinarily extreme cyclonic storm Amphan, officers stated on May 21 as CM Patnaik requested them to submit a report on harm to crops and homes inside the stipulated time. “The cyclone severely damaged houses, standing crops, electrical infrastructure and uprooted trees in many districts. Steps are being taken on a war footing to restore normalcy,” CM Patnaik stated.

Stating that manpower and supplies have been mobilised for fast restoration of energy provide in Amphan-hit areas, the chief minister has stated highway clearance and connectivity points might be sorted out by Friday morning.

The extraordinarily extreme cyclonic storm, which fiercely rolled previous the state’s coast and made landfall within the Sunderbans in West Bengal on May 20, uprooted timber and flattened fragile dwellings, Chief Secretary AK Tripathy stated. The energy infrastructure and the farm sector have additionally suffered appreciable harm, whereas the telecommunication infrastructure is basically intact with minimal affect, he stated. It weakened considerably since making the landfall and shifting to Bangladesh.

Horticulture sector has additionally suffered in depth harm as a lot of betel vines in Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts have been utterly destroyed because of heavy downpour and fierce winds.

Another senior official stated electrical energy provide to 34 lakh shoppers, together with 1.63 lakh of energy distribution firm SOUTHCO, 15 lakh of NESCO and 17 lakh of CESU was hit. However, electrical energy was restored in SOUTHCO areas and in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

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