The State would be requiring over Rs 28, 000 crore for an overall recovery from the Fani damages, points out the Independent Report on Damages, Loss and Needs Assessment (DLNA).
The representatives of the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and United Nations Organisations along with the Odisha Government carried out an independent assessment of the damage done due to Fani.
Official sources said that while damage is quantified at Rs 16,754 crore, loss is Rs 7,897 crore, so Odisha took a total hit of Rs 24, 651 crore due to the cyclone, that hit 14 districts of the State. Puri, Khordha, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada districts were the most affected.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the State on May 6, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in Ministry of Finance led a Team of WB, ADB, UN to the State and they made field visits.
Now the team has come out with a preliminary report on DNLA, which projects the damage, loss and needs for recovery. While total damage and loss has been quantified at Rs 24,651 crore, State needs Rs 28,869 crore for total recovery, an official said.
While energy sector sustained huge damage and loss and it has been quantified at Rs 8,393 crore, which requires Rs 9,748 crore for total recovery, admits the officer.
Similarly, housing sector, which sustained big damage and loss has been pegged at Rs 3,075 crore and requirement for this sector will be Rs 8,996 crore.
Over five lakh houses were damaged and the State Government requested Prime Minister to provide Rs 7,000 crore.
But the report said around Rs 9,000 crore will be needed for the purpose.
The team has assessed that for rural areas Rs 6,694 crore is needed for new construction of houses and for repair of damaged houses Rs 412 crore is needed in these areas.
Similarly, for urban areas at least Rs 1,457 crore is needed for new construction and for repair of the damaged houses Rs 254 crore will be required.
Over 6,400 public buildings were damaged and these buildings need Rs 647 crore for total recovery.
Public buildings in Khordha district sustained biggest damage as 1,118 were damaged due to Fani incurring damage and loss of Rs 317 crore.
Agriculture, fisheries and animal resources development (FARD) sector has sustained damage and loss worth Rs 3,030 crore.
Similarly, employment and livelihood sector sustained huge damage and loss of Rs 4,877 crore. More than Rs 3,000 crore is needed for total recovery of the sector, reveals the DNLA report.