The Chief Minister also directed Finance Minister Shashi Bhusan Behera and SC/ST Development Minister Ramesh Majhi to proceed to Kandhamal to monitor the relief and restoration operation there.

Earlier in the day, Patnaik constituted a three-member ministerial committee comprising Revenue Minister Maheswar Mohanty, Water Resources Minister Niranjan Pujari and Energy Minister Sushanta Singh to review the relief and restoration works in three districts affected by cyclonic storm Titli.

The CM also directed the district authorities to provide cooked food to the affected people for the next seven days while reviewing the situation in three flood-hit districts.