Cyclone Amphan: Odisha receives Rs 500 Crores from Centre for relief and rehabilitation

Central government transferred Rs 500 crore promised to Odisha government in order to ensure quick rehabilitation of those affected by Cyclone Amphan which struck east coast of Inda earlier this week. transfer comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Odisha and West Bengal to assess situation in two states. 

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Funds received

Additional Chief Secretary and Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena mentioned in a tweet that Home Ministry has released funds to Odisha government which were promised by PM Modi on his visit.  

During his visit to Odisha, PM Modi mentioned that super cyclone was a matter of great concern and lauded efforts of people, administration, and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and his team for containing dam to a great extent and saving lives. While maintaining that re has t been much dam in Odisha as compared to West Bengal, PM revealed that he took stock of dam caused in Odisha as far as housing, power, communication, agriculture, infrastructure sectors are concerned.

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Moreover, PM Modi also declared ex-gratia of Rs.2 lakh to kin of deceased and Rs.50,000 for seriously injured. He extended support to Patnaik government to help state recover from impact of cyclone. 

state government has also stepped up restoration operation in 10 cyclone-affected districts in coastal and rrn regions of state, Jena said while speaking to media. Altoger, 19 units of NDRF, 12 teams of ODRAF and 156 fire service teams have been deployed in affected districts for clearance of supply lines, he said.

Four districts -- Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur -- have been severely impacted by heavy downpour and high velocity winds triggered by Cyclone Amphan, as per preliminary dam assessment report released by state government on Saturday. report states as many as 44,44,896 people have been affected in 10 districts.

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