Tag: Fani Aftermath

Bhubaneswar: A day after extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ pummelled the entire coastline of Odisha causing extensive damages in several districts after making landfall near Puri, relief and restoration process to bring back life to normalcy has been undertaken on a war footing. According to sources, relief works and restoration of electricity, water supply, roadways […]

Bhubaneswar: Among major sectors in Puri, Khurda and Cuttack districts badly affected by the severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’, Telecommunication infrastructure is one which also suffered a massive damage. For those who are still waiting for mobile network, it’s time to jump in joy. In a major relief for the denizens, all mobile networks- BSNL, Airtel, […]

Cyclone Fani brought with it a lesson for everyone. With power, water and telecom services still in a mess in large parts of the worst-hit Puri and Khurda districts nearly a week after Fani pounded the Puri coast, the government must have drawn its lesson that it is not enough to plan evacuation of the […]

Bhubaneswar: While restoration work is underway on war footing in the Capital City, the ‘privileged’ residents here have moved to luxury hotels and lodges to overcome the challenges thrown by the damage caused by the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani. Sans electricity and water supply in the aftermath of Fani, luxury hotels, lodges and guest […]

Jagatsinghpur/Cuttack: Fed up with slow pace of restoration works post cyclone Fani, people continue to hit streets in different parts of Odisha. Local residents today blocked the Bhubaneswar-Puri road at Samatarapur over non-restoration of power supply. “it is almost 10 days that power is yet to be restored in our area. We are facing problems […]

Puri: The livelihood of potters’ community at Kumbharpada of Puri has been severely affected by the devastating cyclone Fani that made landfall in the holy town on May 3. According to reports, houses of around 300 potter families were completely swept away in the extremely severe cyclone. Besides, thousands of finished clay pots and semi-finished […]

Puri/Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: The Fani fury seems not to have spared the State’s ancient places of worship. Post Fani, many of the tourist and pilgrimage places here stands quite defaced. Massive devastation is seen on the premises of the Loknath Temple. Several religious significance trees like ‘Boula’ trees were uprooted in the cyclone. Though the rituals are […]

Jajpur: Scorching heat after cyclone Fani has not only thrown normal life of humans out of gear, but also has posed a threat to the birds and animals in the State challenging their ability to survive. In Kabatabandha village of Jajpur district, the intense heat wave conditions post the severe cyclonic storm has become a […]

Cuttack: Amid ongoing relief work post Cyclone Fani, an incident today came to fore from Bilipada village under Banki police limits of the district where locals detained a pick-up van transporting over 10 quintals of rice reportedly meant for the cyclone-affected victims. Alleging embezzlement of the rice bags, they alleged that the Zilla Parishad member […]

Puri: At least four doctors, who were pressed into service to provide healthcare to the residents of cyclone Fani-affected Puri district, have been suspended for dereliction of duty. The Odisha Health department director suspended four doctors— Jakesh Samantray and Zahana Parbin of Nuapada community health centre (CHC) in Chilika, Bapujee Nayak and Jashmin Nilima Panda of […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday directed to prepare a five-year action plan on revival of coastal shelter belt and afforestation programme. The state government has decided to spend Rs 200 crore for the programme in the next five years, said an official. It was decided in a review meeting chaired by the Chief […]

Bhubaneswar: State Bank of India (SBI) has provided more than 11,000 loans so far for rehabilitation and resumption of livelihood activities of people in districts affected by cyclone Fani in Odisha. Stating this here on Thursday, SBI’s Managing Director (Retail & Digital Banking) P K Gupta said the bank has also provided over 8000 agri […]

Puri: Even though 50 days have passed since the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani hit coastal Odisha, people in several villages in Puri district are still forced to live in dark as power supply is yet to be restored. Though normalcy has returned in some places of the district, power supply still eludes some places […]

Cuttack: At a time when normalcy was slowly limping back in cyclone Fani affected coastal belts of Odisha, skyrocketing vegetable prices have become a burden for consumers. Chhatra Bazar, the biggest vegetable market in Cuttack, which normally bustles with vendors and consumers, is not the same any more. The vegetable prices at the market have […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: In a significant move, union agriculture minister, Narendra Singh Tomar has promised additional assistance to coconut farmers whose crop was hit by cyclone Fani. The assurance must be music to the ears of farmers in areas like Chandanpur and Sakhigopal in Puri that bore the brunt of Fani that made landfall […]