Tag: Cyclone Fani

Bhubaneswar: A 1,52,985-hectare area covering 88 blocks in 14 districts was affected due to cyclone Fani which hit Odisha, an official said on Thursday. Information and Public Relations Secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh said as per a preliminary damage assessment report, a 1,52,985- hectare area has been affected in the cyclonic storm. Less than 33 per […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today sought Centre’s intervention to assess the damages caused to Shree Jagannath Temple at Puri and Konark Sun Temple by cyclone Fani which hit the State on May 3. In a letter to Union Minister of State (I/C) of Culture, Mahesh Sharma, Patnaik stated that cyclone Fani caused extensive […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when life is yet to get back on track in several districts which were ravaged by Cyclone Fani, help continues to pour in from all quarters from Bollywood to State governments. The visuals of Gajapati SP Sarah Sharma along with other police officials moving door to door to collect funds for […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi today reviewed the post-cyclone Fani restoration work in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts and informed that power supply will be restored in these districts by May 12. “The devastating cyclone Fani claimed three lives in Kendrapara, however, about 1.17 lakh people were evacuated successfully to safer places in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Since cyclone Fani tore through the Odisha coast on May 3 paralysing normal life, restoration works are underway on war-footing. Apart from several teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Orissa Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) and skilled workers from other states, around 1200 fire personnel of Odisha are rendering their service towards rehabilitation […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: The museums in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar & Cuttack which are the vanguards of history now seem be crumbling edifices in desperate need of preservation & restoration themselves. Netaji’s Birth Place Museum and Odisha State Maritime Museum in Cuttack and Regional Museum of Natural History in Bhubaneswar have been have been pockmarked with […]

Bhubaneswar: Post the severe cyclonic storm, heatwave continued to grip Odisha with mercury hovering over 40 degree Celsius in 11 places of the State on Thursday. Officials of the Regional Meteorological Department have predicted that similar situation will persist for two more days. A yellow warning has been issued in view of severe heatwave conditions […]

Bhubaneswar: The extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ which wreaked havoc in the coastal belts of Odisha including capital city Bhubaneswar, has adversely affected weddings scheduled to be held this season. While many marriage functions were postponed, some were called off owing to the infrastructural damages caused by cyclone Fani at the venues. Suryakanta Sahoo, a […]

Bhubaneswar: Thanks to coordinated efforts, 232 petrol pumps out of a total of 234 filling stations in Puri, Cuttack and Khurda districts have been made operational within seven days of cyclone Fani. After taking stock of the situation during a review meeting held today, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed that three districts Puri, Khurda […]

Bhubaneswar: For power-harried City denizens, here is a distressing news. The Capital city is not going to witness a 100 per cent restoration of power supply by this weekend. Virtually delivering a shock to denizens’ hopes, Energy Secretary Hemant Sharma today said by the May 12 deadline, power supply will be restored to 90 per […]

Bhubaneswar: Around 1, 50, 94,321 people in several districts have been affected by the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani which wreaked havoc in Odisha on May 3. As many as 41 persons lost their lives in the cyclone which was one of the worst natural calamities to have hit the state after the super cyclone […]

Bhubaneswar: Over one million trees that once stood tall and provided green cover to the Odisha capital have been felled by the raging winds of Cyclone Fani, the uprooted trunks and bare branches testimony to the intensity of the storm that barrelled through the state last week. The extremely severe cyclonic storm on May 3 […]

Bhubaneswar: All necessary repair works of Shree Jagannath Temple (Srimandir) in Puri will be undertaken on a war-footing and completed before the upcoming Rath Yatra, informed Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) DG, Usha Sharma after assessing the damage caused during cyclone Fani. Official sources said senior ASI officials have been directed to set up camps […]

Bhubaneswar: These are now testing times for people of Odisha as banking services are yet to be fully restored even after seven days of extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani which hit several coastal districts of the State on May 3. As extensive damage has been caused to power supply and internet infrastructure, several banks are […]

Bhubaneswar: The fury unleashed by cyclone Fani has not only affected human lives but also wildlife and forest cover leaving a devastating trail. “Nearly 80 per cent of the forest cover has been destroyed in cyclone Fani and the estimated loss will be in crores. Many animals fled to take shelter in nearby villages,” said […]