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The detailed reports also mentioned relief and restoration efforts carried out by the Odisha Government. Following are the details released by the SRC:
Impact/ Extent of Damage:
- 17 Districts affected namely Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Khordha, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Puri, Angul, Rayagada.
- 128 nos. of Blocks affected.
- 8668 nos. of Villages affected.
- 60.30 lakh of Population affected .
- 759099 Livestock affected (LA-299444, SA- 181151, Poultry-278504)
- 47777 nos. of Livestock lost (LA-768, SA-3660, Poultry-43349)
- 77 nos. of Human lives lost (district wise details given below)
Crop Area affected
- 375390 hectare.
House damaged
- 89538 nos. of houses damaged
Relief and Restoration:
(i) Gratuitous Relief (GR):
- Government have announced for providing gratuitous relief for 15 days at the rate of Rs. 60/- per adult and Rs 45/- per child per day to all affected families of Ganjam, Gajapati and Gunupur Sub- Division of Rayagada district.
- Accordingly, an amount of Rs. 288.67 crore has been released in favour of the Collectors concerned for disbursement towards GR (Gajapati- 47.67 crore, Ganjam- 239.60 crore, Rayagada-1.40 crore).
GR disbursed:
- Ganjam-Rs.39.51 crore to 161179 families;
- Gajapati-distributed in cash Rs. 13.83 crore to 1,34,110 families & paid through DBT- Rs. 3.15 crore to 13875 families.
- Disbursement is going on.
- Health Measures:
- 54 nos. of Doctors deployed from outside district (40 in Ganjam, 9 in Gajapati, 5 in Rayagada).
- 70 nos. of Medical Relief Centers (MRCs) opened (39 in Ganjam, 29 in Gajapati, 2 in Rayagada).
- 83 nos. of mobile teams deployed (52 in Ganjam, 24 in Gajapati, 7 in Rayagada).
- Open water sources are being disinfected in affected areas.
- Gaon Kalyan Samiti (GKS) are taking Village Cleanliness drives.
- ORS pkts. and Halazone tablets are also being distributed in the affected areas.
iii. Veterinary Measures:
- Rapid Response Teams have been formed (1 in Puri district, 13 in Gajapati, 22 in Ganjam, 3 in Rayagada, 3 in Cuttack & 12 in Kandhamal) to provide necessary Veterinary services.
- Mobile Veterinary Units (02 in Puri, 7 in Gajapati, 22 in Ganjam, 3 in Rayagada, 1 in Cuttack & 12 in Kandhamal) have been mobilized to organize Veterinary Health Camps / De-worming Camps in each affected villages.
- 12 MVU vehicles and 52 Veterinary staff consisting of 20 BVO/VAS (5 nos. from Cuttack 11 nos. from Koraput, 3 nos. from Khorda, 1 no. from Rayagada), 26 LIs and 6 attendants have been engaged in animal health care activities in Gajapati district.
- 5 VAS & 5 LIs have been deputed from Khurda district for Ganjam district.
- 1565 nos. of camps have been organized.
- 120648 nos. of animals have been treated & 160107 animals have been vaccinated.
- A total of 585.00 MT of Cattle Feed have been supplied to flood affected districts i.e. 313.00 MT in Ganjam district & 272.00 MT in Gajapati district. A total of 178.00 MT of cattle feed in Gajapati district & 225.45 MT of cattle feed in Ganjam district have been distributed till date.
- Drinking Water:
- 30 no. of water tankers engaged in Ganjam and Gajapati districts.
- 621900 no. of Water pouch distributed in Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada.
- 2 nos. of Mobile Water Treatment Plant each having capacity of 4000 pouch per hour deployed in Gajapati district.
- 26107 no. of Tube Wells have been disinfected in Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada districts.
- 613 nos. of PWS out of 662 affected have been made functional in Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada districts.
- Restoration of Infrastructure:
❖ Works Department-
- All (67) breaches occurred in State Roads have been closed in Ganjam, Rayagada, Gajapati, Cuttack, Puri and Kandhamal districts.
- National High Way: All 6 breaches occurred in Ganjam and Gajapati districts have been closed and normal traffic has been restored.
- Restoration is ongoing in 5 Km (NH) stretch of road between Gazalbadi and Daringbadi which has been washed away completely.
❖ Rural Development Department-
- 562 out of 570 no. of roads (1309.763 kms) affected, have been cleared and made trafficable in Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada and Kandhamal Districts.
❖ Department of Water Resources-
- 125 breaches occurred in river/saline embankments; 47 temporarily closed; work in 49 is in progress; 29 to be taken up.
- 182 breaches occurred in canals; 178 temporarily closed; 04 is in progress.
- 392 breaches occurred in Minor Irrigation canal system; 376 no. of breaches closed; work is ongoing in 15 no. of breaches and rest 1 will be taken up.
❖ Housing and Urban Development Department-
- Normal Water Supply has been restored in all the 89 affected ULBs in Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Puri, Cuttack and Rayagda districts.
- All the ongoing restoration & sanitation works has been completed and normal day to day sanitation is going on.
❖ Energy Department-
- Power supply has been restored to all 820651 affected consumers in Ganjam, Rayagada & Kandhamal Districts.
- In Gajapati district power supply has been restored to 73121 out of 118842 no. of affected consumers. Electricity has been restored to all the 7 block headquarters and to the headquarters of 127 out of 149 affected Gram Panchayats.
- 80 no. of teams comprising of 910 people are engaged in Gajapati district for restoration of electricity.