Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday released a short documentary film and a report on ‘Police Response to Cyclone Fani 2019’ at the State Secretariat here.
Patnaik lauded the outstanding work done by the Odisha Police in all domains and spheres before, during and in the aftermath of Fani by reaching out to the people in distress and bringing succour to them by all possible means.
The short film and report have been prepared to document works done by police during the cyclone like massive evacuation exercise of around 1.3 million people to designated multipurpose shelter homes, managing law and order, road clearance, distribution of relief and restoration work.
The movie also includes the work done by police personnel like providing drinking water, first-aid and medical services to the affected people on war footing during the crisis.
Besides, an emergency police control room which was setup at SAP Headquarters, Bhubaneswar for vertical and horizontal coordination with the district as well as other line departments and being coordinated personally by DGP Dr RP Sharma has been illustrated in the film and report.
The Odisha Police’s humane face during post cyclone under the banner ‘Karuna’ where cooked food were distributed to more than one lakh people in different locations of Puri district has also been demonstrated.