INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI | Updated: May 12, 2019 20:03 ISTBhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 12 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced
housing package for people affected due to cyclone 'Fani', stating that all families whose houses are completely or substantially damaged in
the extremely severe cyclone will be sanctioned pucca houses."House damage assessment will begin from 15th May and will be completed within
In all the cyclone-affected blocks senior officers will be appointed to supervise the assessment process," Patnaik said in an official
"Work order distribution to beneficiaries will begin from June 1
I assure that all efforts will be put so that not a single eligible person will be left out," he added.Speaking to ANI, Patnaik asked people
to donate generously for rebuilding the state which got badly damaged by cyclone Fani."Cyclone Fani has damaged our state, but not our
Please donate generously to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to rebuild Odisha," he said
To the question of measures taken to rebuild the state, Patnaik said, "We are making all efforts to rebuild the damage as soon as
possible."He further said that he is grateful to the generosity of people who are donating for rebuilding the state.Over one crore and
sixty-five lakh people got affected by the cyclone in the state and death toll has touched 43 with Puri, recording the maximum number of
casualties at 21.Massive damage to power infrastructure, particularly in the districts of Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, and Kendrapada, has also
been reported.Cyclone Fani which made landfall in Puri district on May 3 left a trail of destruction in the state
