Odisha releases Rs 120 cr from SDRF for FANI relief

Bhubaneswar: Revenue and Disaster Management Department of the Odisha Government has released Rs 120.10 crore from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for providing Gratuitous Relief to the cyclone FANI-affected people in the state.

A total of Rs 13 crore has been alloted for Cuttack, Rs 6 crore for Jagatsinghpur, Rs 7 crore for Kendrapara, Rs 59.10 crore for Khordha and Rs 35 crore for Puri.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has already announced relief package for the cyclone-affected people. All families covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in extremely severely affected districts of Puri and parts of Khurda will get 50 kg of rice, Rs 2000 and polythene sheets.

Families covered under the NFSA in severely affected areas of Khurda district will receive additional one-month quota of rice, Rs 1000 and polythene sheets.

Similarly, in moderately affected districts of Cuttack, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur, affected families will receive additional one-month quota of rice and Rs 500.

In all the affected districts, people will receive one month of additional pension and house building assistance as per relief code i.e. Rs 95,100 for fully damaged structures, Rs 5,200 for partially-damaged structures and Rs 3,200 for minor damages.