Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday discussed with officers and announced disbursement of immediate assistances to floods-affected villagers in the State.
He made the announcement following an aerial survey of flood-hit regions across earlier in the day.
According to the announcement, all people displaced by the floods would be provided with cooked food / dry food as long as they are in temporary shelters.
Families in severely-affected villagers would be given 50 kg of rice and Rs 500 immediately. One polythene sheet would be provided to each eligible family whose house has been demolished.
The demolition assistance would be provided in accordance with the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) rules. The district attorney’s office would assess the damage within 15 days and provide assistance in the next week.
Under the SDRF rules, the victims would be provided with clothing and utensils and dairy farmers cattle feed.
Besides, free treatment would be provided to animals and birds through temporary camps in the affected areas.
Meanwhile, the Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar predicted more rains in the State in the next four days from Tuesday.
“Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Malkangiri in the next 24 hours,” said the weather office.
It also predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Sambalpur and Balangir on Wednesday.