The 11-member Central team of the Inter-Ministerial Group concluding their on-the-spot assessment of the damages caused due to the Phailin and the subsequent floods indicated that they would do their best to help the State get reasonable assistance from the Centre to meet the requirements.
Sating that the team has received the memorandum from the State Government relating to the damages and requirements for undertaking the relief, restoration and rehabilitation, the team leader Rashmi Goel, Joint Secretary, Home Ministry, said, “We would report to the Inter-Ministerial Committee as soon as possible for their consideration to sanction the quantum of assistance to be released to the State. We would do our best to help the State,” she said.
The team, after winding up their four-day visit to the districts of Ganjam, Baleswar, Mayrubhanj and Puri, had a wrap-up meeting with senior officers of the State Government and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here. Goel said that during the team’s visit to the affected areas, there was no complain from the people about the relief operation.
During their meeting with the senior officials including Chief Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohaptra and SRC Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, the team members advised them for undertaking a lot of afforestation as lakhs of trees have been destroyed.