The State Government on Thursday claimed that 94.91 per cent of affected people have already received relief in cash Rs 2,500 for ration card holders in severely affected areas and Rs 500 in comparatively less affected regions.
According to a report by the Special Relief Commissioner, cash relief has been distributed to 97 per cent of people in Cuttack district followed by 96.2 per cent in Khordha, 95.51 per cent in Kendrapada, 95 per cent in Jagatsinghpur, 93 per cent in Puri and 86.2 per cent in the Bhubaneswar Municipal Coporatoin area.
Rice has been distributed to 99 per cent of people in Jagatsinghpur district followed by 98 per cent in Cuttack, 96.6% in Puri, 90.43% in Kendrapada, 85.4% in Khordha and 69.9% in the BMC area.
The report said 99.74% of the pipe water supply (PWS) has been restored in all seven affected districts, Puri, Khordha, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Bhadrak and Jajur districts. Of the 2,364 of PWS systems, 2,294 have been restored by now.
There has been no outbreak of epidemic reported in any of the affected areas so far, said the report.
In the telecommunication sector, all master switching centres have been restored. While 78 per cent mobile coverage has been achieved in Khordha, 52% in Puri, 88% in Cuttack districts and 82% achieved in Bhubaneswar city, 45% in Puri town, 85% in Cuttack city.
A review meeting held on Thursday revealed that in Puri district 180 out of 222 bank branches are working followed by 642 out of 657 in Khrodha, 390 out 394 in Cuttack, 158 out of 164 in Jagatsinghpur and 427 out of 429 bank branches in Ganjam are operating.
Likewise, 30% ATMs in Puri, 66.47% in Khordha, 72.13% in Cuttack, 76.12% in Jagatsinghpur 99.04% in Ganjam, and 81.29% in Kendrapada are working.
While a large number of MSMEs have been affected, banks have been requested to relax the mandatory minimum period of 90 days of restructuring of loans and reduce the rate of interest to address cash flow issues.
The report revealed that 2,571 large pet animals like cows, buffalos and bullocks died in the cyclone. Beides, 2,804 small animals like goats and ship and 41, 62,923 poultry birds were killed.
Chief Secretary AP Padhi on the day directed all concerned district Collectors to complete the assessment survey of damages by May 22.
The Collectors were asked to assess damages of houses, crops, livestock, fishing nets and boats and handlooms and handicrafts.