An inter-Ministerial team comprising 12 members headed by Union Ministry of Home Affairs Joint Secretary Rashmi Goel is scheduled to visit the State from October 28 for four days for an on-the-spot assessment of damages occurred due to cyclone Phailin and the subsequent heavy rains and floods.
According to Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) PK Mohapatra, the team, divided into two groups, would visit the most affected districts like Ganjam, Puri, Baleswar and Mayurbhanj.
While the team -A comprises Goel, CEA Director AK Rajpur, Finance Commission Division Deputy Director Dina Nath, Rural Development Director KK Tripathy, Ministry of Environment and Forests Director Dr Chanda Chowdhury, Head Crop Production Division of CRRI, Cuttack Dr KS Rao, the Team -B comprises Joint Secretary Crops , Directorate of Agriculture Sanjaya lohiya, Planning Commission Research Officer Dr A Chandra Sekhar, Ministry of Road Transport and Highway, Bhubaneswar, SE RP Panda, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Deputy Advisor D Rajsekhar and CRRI, Cuttack, Senior Scientist SSC Patnaik. The team would leave for New Delhi on October 31 after holding a wrap up meeting with the senior officials of the State Government and meeting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, he said.