The estimated loss due to cyclone and floods in the Narsinghpur-Badamba area in Cuttack district is more than Rs 70 crore.
According to the preliminary survey, crops have been damaged completely in the Narsinghpur area the damaged houses number more than 5,000. The loss of the Works Department has been estimated at Rs 5 crore while the damages to the school buildings are estimated at Rs 1 crore.
A sum of Rs 2 crore has been estimated for repairing of the PMGSY roads. The Departments of Water Resources Development and Energy have suffered losses of Rs 4.5 crore and Rs 22 lakh, respectively while the losses of the other departments have been estimated at more than Rs 4 crore.
Reconstruction of eight river embankment would need Rs 2.5 crore and repairs canals Rs 55 lakh. The total losses to the public and private properties in Badamba have been estimated at Rs 34 crore. The losses were estimated at a review meeting at the block office here on Tuesday held under the chairmanship of Agriculture Minister Debi Prasad Mishra.