The challenge ahead is to initiate a large-scale plantation drive. The forest department wants to plant cyclone resistant trees given the recurring instances of natural calamities in the state.
The cyclone has so far claimed 41 lives, with Puri district accounting for the maximum 21. A total of 167 people were also injured in the calamity. Of them, 160 were from Puri district, four from Kendrapara and three from Bhubaneswar.
The toll in cyclone Fani on Wednesday rose to 41, while power restoration work is on full wing in the affected areas with additional skilled manpower being drawn from other states, an official said.
Rejecting speculation that the June 6-15 tournament might be shifted out of the Odisha Capital to either Lucknow or Raipur, a top Hockey India official said no such decision has been taken and the national body is committed to host the event in Bhubaneswar.
Cyclone Fani has left a major impact on a Bengali platter as prices of essential commodities, especially fishes have skyrocketed in the kitchen markets.
Modi said that the "communication between the state and the Central government was very good" because to which a mass human destruction could be averted.
Sources from the PMO said the Mamata Banerjee-led government has replied negatively and said that officials in the state are busy with election duty.
Modi was received by Governor Ganeshi Lal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on his arrival at the Biju Patnaik International Airport .
The severe cyclonic storm, one of the strongest to batter the Indian subcontinent in decades, weakened before entering Bangladesh on Saturday morning from West Bengal, but it wreaked havoc on coastal villages and towns.
Thirteen days before cyclone 'Fani' hit the Odisha coast, the IMD had an indication that the low pressure in the Bay of Bengal and the Equatorial Indian Ocean could balloon into a massive storm and started preparing for the onslaught, the weatherman said.
The death toll in Cyclone Fani rose to 29 on Sunday, two days after the "extremely severe" storm barrelled through coastal Odisha, causing widespread destruction and leaving hundreds grappling with water shortage and power cuts, an official said.
The PMO said that two attempts were made on Saturday morning, from the PM's staff, to connect prime minister to the West Bengal CM on phone, but on both occasions, she didn’t return the call.
The severe cyclonic storm, one of the strongest to batter the Indian subcontinent in decades, weakened before entering Bangladesh on Saturday morning from West Bengal, but it wreaked havoc on coastal villages and towns.
According to officials, 4 casualties were reported from Mayurbhanj district, 3 each in Puri, Bhubaneswar and Jajpur and 1 each in Keonjhar, Nayagarh and Kendrapara.
Except for damaging a few huts, Cyclone Fani did not cause much havoc in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said as the severe cyclonic storm weakened Saturday morning and headed towards neighbouring Bangladesh.
The death toll due to the calamity, which stood at eight on Friday, mounted to 12 with four fresh casualties reported from Mayurbhanj district, the officials said, adding, detailed information from many areas was still awaited.
A total of 79 flights were cancelled at different airports in the northeast region due to bad weather, triggered by cyclonic storm Fani, an Airport Authority of India official said here on Saturday.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Saturday said it has stationed a dedicated emergency road service team to support the Fani cyclone affected customers or vehicles in the states of Odisha and West Bengal.
The exam was scheduled to be conducted tomorrow - May 5, 2019 but has been postponed due to Fani. New exam dates have not been announced yet.
According to the flood bulletin of the Central Water Commission (CWC), the Desang river at Nanglamaraghat in Sivasagar district and the Puthimari river at NH Road Crossing in Kamrup district have crossed the warning levels.
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