Earlier this week, the state government had confirmed 26 deaths due to the calamity.
Business
Standard : The death toll in Cyclone
Titli and subsequent floods has mounted to 52, while the loss
suffered due to the calamity has been pegged at around Rs 2,200
crore, the Odisha
government said Wednesday
Earlier
this week, the state government had confirmed 26 deaths due to the
calamity.
A
clearer picture would emerge once the administration gathers
information about the ten persons who went missing in a landslide in
Gajapati district, Chief Secretary A P Padhi said here after a review
meeting with officials.
"The
state government has information about 52 deaths in different
affected areas, as of now. The casualties mainly resulted from
incidents of landslide, wall collapse, drowning and tree felling,"
he told reporters.
While
39 deaths were reported from "worst-affected Gajapati district",
12 casualties were reported from Ganjam and one from Kandhamal, Padhi
said.
"As
per preliminary assessment, the loss suffered in different sectors,
including infrastructure and agriculture, was estimated at around Rs
2,200 crore. It will take a day or two to get a full report on the
total loss incurred due to the disaster," he stated.
Noting
that relief work was in progress across the state, the chief
secretary said, "95 per cent of the damaged roads have been
repaired".
"Almost
all thoroughfares have been repaired and power and drinking water
supply restored in the urban areas. In rural areas, work is still in
progress to bring back normalcy," Padhi added.
A
senior government official said the restoration and relief operations
were being carried out using State Disaster Response Funds (SDRF).
The
state will approach the Centre for necessary assistance after "exact
assessment" of the damages, he clarified.
As
many as 16 of the 30 districts of the state were ravaged by heavy
rain and flood following the landfall of Cyclone Titli last Thursday
on Gopalpur in the southerwestern part of the state.
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