Parl panel on visit to cyclone-hit areas in Odisha’s Ganjam

Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9:

The parliamentary standing committee of the Union Home ministry headed by Pradip Bhattacharya arrived in Gopalpur in South Odisha a short while ago to review the relief, restoration and rehabilitation work in the cyclone-hit Ganjam district.

According to official sources, the committee, has 18 members from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, including Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda, arrived at Gopalpur where it is having a meeting with Ganjam district collector.

Later the team would visit the cyclone shelter at Kanamana village under Chhatrapur block in the district where they will have a a meeting with the managing committee officials in charge of the management and maintenance of the cyclone shelter. Besides, they would also discuss with the locals and civil society groups the post-cyclone relief and relief works.

From Kanaman, the committee will visit Uppalaputi and review the ongoing construction work of 196 cyclone shelters under the Odisha Disaster Reconstruction Programme (ODRP) scheme. The committee members will also interact with the local inhabitants.

The Committee will later visit Narayanpur village under Rangeilunda block and oversee 74 cyclone-resistant houses and talk to the beneficiaries staying in these houses.

The committee is scheduled to have a meeting with the chief secretary, Ganjam collector and officials of the concerned departments in Bhubaneswar tomorrow.