The eight-member Central team after winding up its field visit to the four Cyclone Hudhud-hit districts of south Odisha on Wednesday evening met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here and held discussion with them on the damages caused due to the cyclone.
After the meeting, team leader Home Ministry Joint Secretary Gopal Krishna Dwivedi told mediapersons that the team would submit its report to the Centre within seven days.
On the second and last day of its visit, the team toured Rayagada and Malkangiri districts. The team A led by Dwivedi visited Kudumulgumma block by road and visited several cyclone-hit tribal villages and hamlets of Somnathpur gram panchayat and took stock of the damages caused by the cyclone.
later it held a review meeting with collector D Prashant Reddy, SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra and other district officials at the district headquarters. The team B headed by Energy Ministry Chief Engineer RK Verma visited Jagannathpur and met affected families. From there, the team visited Relisahi, Indira Awas Colony and Baligeda Nala areas. On its way to the sub divisional headquarters, the team visited Archanguda panchayat. After reaching Gunupur, the team had a meeting at the Sub-Collector’s office at 11.30am. Rayagada Collector Sashi Bhusan Padhi gave a Powerpoint presentation on the damage caused by the cyclone in Rayagada district.