A team of seven members of the World Bank led by Deepak Singh visited the Phailin and flood-affected slums of the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday accompanied by BMC Commissioner Dr Ajit Kumar Mishra, Slum Development Officer Sangram Panda and Engineer Asim Mishra to assess the damages to the slum dwellers.
The team visited Purnnabasi Colony, Goodshed Road and Ankuli and interacted with the slum dwellers about the losses and the relief and rehabilitation programmes undertaken by the Government. Seaking to the media, Dr Singh said the damages are quite massive. The team will submit its report to the Central government for claiming financial assistance to the World Bank for the restoration and rehabilitation programmes.
Another three-member team of the World Bank led by Basudha had visited some slum areas last week. The team has reportedly agreed to recommend provision of Rajiv Abash for the victims of the slum areas under the DPR scheme, sources said.