The State Government on Friday submitted the final drought memorandum to the Centre seeking a total Rs 2,344.99 crore assistance.
“This final memorandum seeks a consolidated Central assistance of Rs 2,344.99 crore under different heads to tide over the drought situation arisen in Odisha,” said Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra.
As per the final report of crop loss derived through crop cutting experiments conducted under the provisions of Odisha Relief Code, crop area of 15,35,902 ha in 29,176 villages of 3832 gram panchayats under 235 blocks in 28 districts and 412 wards under 55 urban local bodies have suffered damage to the extent of 33 per cent and above.
However, Malkangiri and Jagatsinghpur witness no drought like situation. The SRC informed that only two villages in Bhadrak district were affected due to drought.
Earlier, the State Government had submitted an interim report seeking Central assistance of Rs 1,687.56 crore and an additional report seeking assistance of Rs 511.507 crore.
On January 7, the Centre had approved Rs 815 crore as drought assistance to the State.