The city had experienced a lot of devastation in 1999, a fortnight before the Super Cyclone.
The district administration and the police in coordination with NDRF, ODRAF and fire brigade personnel were busy in clearing major roads.
DIG of Police Amitabh Thakur and Superintendent of Police Anirudha Singh were monitoring the rescue operation.
A big slum area in Khaja street in the town was completely destroyed by the natural disaster though the people living there were shifted the night before the cyclone hit the coast as part of Berhampur Municipal Corporation's drive to shift slum dwellers to safer places.
Ganjam District Collector Kissan Kumar said restoration of normalcy was the top priority of the administration and efforts were on to supply drinking water to all areas.
