Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release an interim assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for relief and restoration works in Cyclone Titli and floods-affected districts.
“Kindly consider the grave situation in the State on account of the Very Severe Cyclone Storm “Titli” and subsequent floods that have caused damage and destruction, killed 57 persons and left 10 persons missing in different districts and release an interim assistance of Rs 1,000 crore to the State to enable taking up relief and restoration works in affected areas,” CM mentioned in a letter to the PM
The Chief Minister also requested the Prime Minister to allocate 57,131 more houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) as the equal numbers of houses have been destroyed in the cyclonic storm and subsequent funds.
He mentioned that a total of 60.11 lakh people have been affected and standing crops in 2.73 lakhs of hectares of land damaged.
On Saturday, Chief Secretary confirmed death of 61 persons in the natural disaster.
“Death of 61 persons has so far been confirmed while death reports of 11 persons are being verified. The casualties include three fishermen from Andhra Pradesh,” said Chief Secretary AP Padhi. On Sunday, Deputy Relief Commissioner Pravat Ranjan Mohapatra informed that the State Government would provide financial assistance to people who have got houses damaged and lost livestock during the calamity.
An aid of Rs 1,01,900 for families in hilly areas and Rs 95,100 in plain areas will be provided towards house building. In cases of partially damaged houses, Rs 5,200 per pucca house, Rs 3,200 per kutcha one and Rs 4,100 per a hut would be provided, said Mohapatra.
Besides, Rs 2,000 for utensils and Rs 1,800 for clothes would also be given to the victims, he said.
Similarly, financial assistance for loss of livestock will be provided at the rate of Rs 30,000 for loss of a cow and Rs 25,000 for the loss of an ox, subjected to a maximum aid for three such animals per family.
In cases of animals like goat and sheep, assistance of Rs 3,000 per family subjected to a maximum of 30 such animals would be given. Similarly, assistance of Rs 50 per family would be provided for loss of poultry upto a maximum of Rs 5,000, the official said.
