Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Chandra Sarangi visited various places of Baleswar which were devastated by the recent Cyclone Yaas. During Pradhan’s visit, the district unit of BJP gave a memorandum to him demanding construction of a synthetic wall along with the sea coast from Talseri of Bhograi to Anantapur, Soro, apart from construction of a Coastal Highway, creation of coastal mangrove forests and a commercial port at Bahabalpur. In the meantime, local MP and Minister Sarangi in a Press brief stated that still several seaside villages were waterlogged and residents were facing a lot of difficulties. They were not getting safe drinking water, electricity and roads for conveyance as their areas lay submerged.
The cattle were facing scarcity of food and drinking water. While a large area of crop land is still under water, breaches have occurred at several places.
The residents without roofs were not getting polythene sheets to cover when no Government officials visited affected pockets, mainly Sartha and Chargochhia, he alleged. Sarangi demanded free kitchen arrangements for those without a shelter.