With power infrastructures like electric poles, transformers have been badly damaged in Gajapati, Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts, restoration work is being done on a ‘war footing', Patnaik said, adding 90 percent of the work would be completed by this evening.
He said a total of 2,33,271 people were evacuated to safe places and are now housed in 2,029 shelter homes. “The affected people may leave for their homes once the intensity of the cyclone decreases considerably though mild rain may occur at some places,” Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Mohapatra said.
Of the eight identified cyclone-hit districts in the southern region, Mohapatra said four - Gajapati, Koraput, Malkangiri and Rayagada have been affected more.
