Tag: Natural Calamity

During the financial year 2021-22, the Central Government has released Rs 17,747.20 crore to 28 states for their SDRF and an additional fund of Rs 3,543.54 crore has been released to seven states from NDRF too, officials added.

Bhubaneswar: Information on lightning will soon be available on smartphones to help people move to safer places and save their lives. The Odisha government is planning to develop a mobile app that can alert users if they are in a lightning zone. Speaking to mediapersons here on Wednesday, Special Relief Commissioner Bishnupada Sethi stated, “Users […]

Bhubaneswar: Lightning kills more people in Odisha than any other calamity in the State with the latest being death of 34 persons in last 36 hours. Keeping this in mind and the 34 deaths in the past 36 hours has prompted the Odisha government to plan a massive awareness program to prevent casualties. “We will […]

New Delhi: With the total death toll on account of lightning strikes in the State mounting to 56 in the current monsoon season, BJD MP Rabindra Jena raised the issue in Lok Sabha today demanding that lightning should be classified as a natural calamity. In pursuance of such classification, the kin of the deceased should […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today directed all departments and the district collectors to remain fully prepared to tackle a possible flood situation in the state. “The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted surplus rainfall during the current year 2016. Therefore, probability of flood this year appears very high. Keeping this in view, we have […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday said it would install Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) in six coastal districts to reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities to natural calamities. The government will install 122 towers in six coastal districts to disseminate early warnings about cyclone, tsunami and flood to people, said Special Relief Commissioner Pradipta […]

Bhubaneswar: Natural calamity prone Odisha has received 10.1 per cent deficit rainfall during the peak monsoon season from June to September this year, official sources said. The cumulative average rainfall in Odisha from June to September, 2017 remained 1,028.3 mm against the LTA (long term average) of 1,144.3 mm which accounts for a deficit of […]

Bhubaneswar: Cyclone Fani has not even spared major parks located in the smart city of Bhubaneswar leaving besmirching footprints on their aesthetic panorama. Jaydev Vatika, Forest park, IG Park and Ekamrakanan are among the worst affected where the damages caused are estimated to be in crores of rupees. As a result of which, most of […]