Bhubaneswar: The ten-member Central team on Thursday visited drought-affected Nuapada and Bargarh districts of the State and assessed the drought situation.
Consisting five members, one team visited some areas of Padmapur, Gaisile, Bijepur villages and Sohela Block. They were assisted by district Collector, sub-Collector and officials of agriculture department.
The other team made a field visit in Nuapada district.
“We are assessing the situation. We will complete the tour tomorrow and after that only we will prepare the report,“ RP Koul, a member of the team said.
The teams would tour Bolangir and Kalahandi districts tomorrow.
After the teams complete their field visit tomorrow, they would attend a meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary at the Secretariat on December 5 before leaving for New Delhi the same day.
The team, led by Union Joint Secretary of Agriculture KS Srinivas, will submit its assessment report to the Union Agriculture Ministry.
Notably, a five-member central team, led by Union Additional Commissioner of Agriculture RP Malik earlier visited the state on October 7 and 8 to take a stock of the situation.