Odisha: Cyclone toll mounts to 57, govt pegs loss at Rs 2,200 cr
October 17, 2018  23:00
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The Odisha government on Wednesday pegged the loss suffered due to Cyclone Titli and the resultant flood at around Rs 2,200 crore and hiked the ex-gratia for the kin of the victims to Rs 10 lakh each as the death toll in the natural calamity rose to 57, including 10 children.

The state has stepped up the relief-and-restoration operations, completing the repair works of about 95 per cent of the damaged roads in the 16 districts hit by the twin calamities, officials said.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who rushed to the worst-hit Raigada block in Gajapati district Wednesday, announced a hike in the ex-gratia amount for the next of the kin of those killed in the disaster from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 10 lakh.

He also distributed land "patta" (rights) among the residents of Baraghar village. Situated on a hill top, the village alone has accounted for 18 deaths, while 10 people went missing in a landslide in the aftermath of the cyclone and the flood.

Patnaik declared that the people living in villages atop the hills across the state would be provided with facilities like housing, education etc. and covered under other social security schemes, if they decided to live in the plains.

He said the children orphaned due to the twin calamities would get all assistance from the state government for their education.

-- PTI
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