As many as 8.5 lakh people of 2,009 villages and hamlets in Rayagada district have been affected by the Cyclone Hudhud that hit the Andhra-Odisha coast on Sunday.
Rayagada district Collector Sashibhusan Padhi informed this in his preliminary report submitted to the State Government on Tuesday.According to the report, 7,062 houses have been damaged due to the cyclonic storm. Of this, while 110 kutcha houses have been completely damaged, 378 kutcha houses and 6,574 other houses have suffered partial damages. Besides, parts of 25 roads in the district have been washed away.
Padhi said the total amount of losses has been assessed at Rs9.12 crore as per the preliminary estimate.While confirming that five persons have been injured, the Collector said the body of an unidentified person found from near a broken bridge along Pitesu-Kurumpeta Nullah was yet to be confirmed as a cyclone-related casualty.
He mentioned in the report that the district administration has provided polythene rolls to eight Dangaria families of Khajuri village under Bisamcuttack block as the tin roofs of their houses were blown away during the cyclone.He said while power supply was disrupted in laxmipur, Tikiri, Rayagada town, Gunupur, Kashipur, Padmapur and Gudari areas during the cyclone, the Energy Department staffs have later managed to restore power supply in most of these areas excepting in parts of Tikiri, Gudari and Padmapur areas.
Padhi, however, said the road communications to Gumma, Mukundpur and Baghudi Ghat were normalized after the fire brigade staffs cleared uprooted trees from the road on Monday.