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Odisha CM praised the efforts of the administration to ensure zero casualties during Cyclone Dana

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Bhubaneswar: 25/10/24: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday praised the efforts of the administration to ensure zero casualties during Cyclone Dana, which struck Odisha coast late on Thursday.

“By the grace of Lord Jagannath and the cooperation of all, the government has succeeded in saving human lives. Cyclone Dana made landfall on the intervening night of October 24 and 25 between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra coasts. This process continued till 7 am, today… Rajkanika, Rajnagar in Kendrapada, and Dhamra in Bhadrak experienced strong winds of 110 kmph and 40 to 100 mm rain,” he said.

He said that about six lakh people were evacuated to safety for which precious human lives could be saved.

“Timely precautionary measures, administrative promptness, and teamwork helped in the successful management of the disaster. The government’s target of ‘zero causality’ has been achieved. Our administrative officers and rescue team were on the ground for over 72 hours,” the CM said after a post-cyclone review meeting. 

He also mentioned about 6,000 pregnant women being safely evacuated and birth of 1,600 babies.

Senior ministers and officials are coordinating relief efforts and monitoring the situation closely, he said, adding that 571 families are still in waterlogged conditions due to the cyclone. “Teams have reached the spots where electricity poles and transformers were damaged to restore electricity at the earliest. Uprooted trees from roads will be cleared by 1 pm today, and the situation will be normal soon,” he added.

Majhi has also directed district collectors to carry out damage assessments in affected areas at the earliest to determine the extent of losses.

“There is no report of any casualty. There has been massive damage to electrical installations due to tree falling. Roads are being cleared,” Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj, who was deputed to Bhadrak, was quoted as saying by PTI.

Ajay Mohanty, Tehsildar of Rajnagar in Kendrapada district said that there has been no major damage in the Bhitarkanika area except uprooting of some trees and damage to some thatched houses.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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