Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday constituted a three member ministerial committee to monitor relief, rescue and restoration activities in Titli-affected districts of the state.
Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Maheswar Mohanty, Water Resources Minister Niranjan Pujari and Energy Minister Sushanta Singh are the members of the committee.
According to reports, the committee will visit Titli-affected Ganjam, Gajapati and Rayagada districts to monitor the relief, rescue and restoration operations there.
Patnaik’s decision came soon after he held a meeting with the collectors of these three districts via video conferencing at the State Secretariat.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister directed the collectors to provide free cooked food to the affected people for seven days and repair the breaches in the river embankments caused by the flood, evacuate people from the low-lying areas to safer places with provision of free cooked for them immediately.
Besides, he asked them to conduct health camps and veterinary camps in the affected areas with free distribution of medicines and take up restoration of road and power connectivity on a war footing.
This apart, Naveen also asked the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) to submit a report on the assessment of the damage to the houses, crops and animal resources within a week.
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