Cyclones inflict Rs 1,471 crore loss on Odisha in final two years
3 min readBy Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: Prone to pure calamities yearly, Odisha has sustained large loss and injury within the final two years as a consequence of cyclones.Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Pramila Mallik knowledgeable the Assembly that the state has incurred lack of Rs 1,471 to cyclones between 2020 and 2021.The state witnessed 4 cyclones – Amphan, Yaas, Gulab and Jawad – within the final two years.
Cyclone Amphan, that brushed previous coastal Odisha in May 2020 inflicting heavy rains and gale, induced injury to the tune of Rs 236.38 crore, whereas cyclone Yaas that made landfall in Chandipur space of Balasore in Odisha in May 2021 wreaked havoc inflicting loss and injury to the tune of Rs 823 crore.
Cyclone Gulab and Jawad in the identical 12 months additionally induced loss and injury of Rs 34.11 crore and Rs 376.65 crore respectively, Mallik knowledgeable the Assembly whereas replying to a query of member Kusum Tete in writing.
A complete 87.82 lakh folks in 11 districts of the state have been affected by very extreme cyclonic storm Yaas final 12 months. Similarly, extraordinarily extreme cyclonic storm Amphan additionally affected over 45 lakh folks in 10 districts.
To take care of flood and cyclone within the state, the minister mentioned 880 multipurpose flood and cyclone shelters have been constructed. Two job forces comprising 25 members every has additionally been fashioned for every of those shelters.
The authorities has additionally supplied required coaching to those job forces to contain them within the rescue and reduction operations within the occasion of cyclone and flood, she mentioned. The early warning system has additionally been strengthened and doppler climate radar stations have been arrange at Paradip and Gopalpur, she mentioned.
BHUBANESWAR: Prone to pure calamities yearly, Odisha has sustained large loss and injury within the final two years as a consequence of cyclones.Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Pramila Mallik knowledgeable the Assembly that the state has incurred lack of Rs 1,471 to cyclones between 2020 and 2021.The state witnessed 4 cyclones – Amphan, Yaas, Gulab and Jawad – within the final two years.
Cyclone Amphan, that brushed previous coastal Odisha in May 2020 inflicting heavy rains and gale, induced injury to the tune of Rs 236.38 crore, whereas cyclone Yaas that made landfall in Chandipur space of Balasore in Odisha in May 2021 wreaked havoc inflicting loss and injury to the tune of Rs 823 crore.
Cyclone Gulab and Jawad in the identical 12 months additionally induced loss and injury of Rs 34.11 crore and Rs 376.65 crore respectively, Mallik knowledgeable the Assembly whereas replying to a query of member Kusum Tete in writing.
A complete 87.82 lakh folks in 11 districts of the state have been affected by very extreme cyclonic storm Yaas final 12 months. Similarly, extraordinarily extreme cyclonic storm Amphan additionally affected over 45 lakh folks in 10 districts.
To take care of flood and cyclone within the state, the minister mentioned 880 multipurpose flood and cyclone shelters have been constructed. Two job forces comprising 25 members every has additionally been fashioned for every of those shelters.
The authorities has additionally supplied required coaching to those job forces to contain them within the rescue and reduction operations within the occasion of cyclone and flood, she mentioned. The early warning system has additionally been strengthened and doppler climate radar stations have been arrange at Paradip and Gopalpur, she mentioned.
