Paraip Port Trust Chairman Rinkesh Roy met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday and handed over a cheque of Rs 5 crore for the CM’s Relief Fund (CMRF) towards rehabilitation and restoration efforts in areas affected by Cyclone Fani.
Notably, the PPT had engaged all resources to ensure cleaning of creeks and drains, functioning of cyclone shelters with provisions like light, fan, generator, overhead tank with water and drinking water facilities in the port township. Buses were deployed to evacuate around 8,000 people from the vulnerable areas of nearby localities.
A control room functioned at Gate No. 4 round the clock from May 2 to 4. The PPT Hospital pressed a dedicated doctors’ team with an ambulance to provide necessary medical services to affected persons. People in the cyclone shelters were provided with both dry and cooked foods along with bottled drinking water. Public utility services like electricity, roads, water supply were restored on May 3 itself. Railway operations and shipping operations resumed on May 4 morning.