Tag: Puri

Puri: Like several other villages, Balanga in Puri district has borne the brunt of Fani fury. With massive devastation, the face of the village has completely changed after the cyclone. Apart from residential houses, several government infrastructure including schools, college and hospital in the area have sustained heavy losses and the village is staring at […]

Puri: Even after 11 days have passed since cyclone Fani made landfall in coastal areas of Odisha, several affected parts of Puri and Khurda districts are yet to receive electricity.  While the state government claimed to have restored about 93 per cent piped water supply in Puri, people are anxiously waiting for the restoration of […]

Puri: Cyclone Fani has destroyed vast flora and fauna across Odisha, Puri being the worst affected where the cyclone made landfall on May 3. In its aftermath, the State government has come up with an initiative to plant cyclone resistant trees across the sea belt to reduce the effect of cyclonic winds in future. As […]

Puri: Puri breathed a sigh of relief after a wait of 12 days post Cyclone Fani which battered the pilgrim town on May 3, as electricity supply was restored in a major grid of the city late on Tuesday night. Executive Engineer of the Central Electricity Supply Utility (CESU), Puri division, Siba Prasad Swain informed […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Making comparisons in a human tendency. People, who either witnessed or were the victims of 1999 super-cyclone, are already comparing it with Fani which wreaked havoc on the state’s coast on May 3. It is being pointed out that the scale of casualties was much bigger in 1999 with around 10,000 […]

Bhubaneswar: Assuring complete support to the State government in the ongoing relief and restoration works post Cyclone Fani, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs, Vivek Bharadwaj, who led the inter-ministerial team during its 3-day Odisha visit, said all help ranging from power and telecom network infrastructure to strengthening livelihood of the affected people will […]

Puri: The spotted deer which went missing from Balukhand sanctuary in Puri district during cyclone Fani, have been spotted, informed Divisional Forest Officer Harshvardhan Udgata today. The DFO informed that the deer were spotted yesterday by the cameras set up in the meadows and said that the speculations that the missing animals were killed in […]

Puri: At a time when restoration work is going on a war footing to repair the entire power infrastructure in Puri district devastated in the cyclone, a staffer of the Electricity department died on duty after being electrocuted while repairing a transformer near Sadar police station area in the pilgrim town. Raising concerns over his […]

Puri: After the landfall of devastating cyclone Fani in Odisha, Balukhand sanctuary became one of the worst hit tourist spots. Though the Odisha Forest Department has said that it is trying its best to restore the sanctuary known for its swathes of flora and fauna, many believe that it may take as many as 5 […]

Puri: It seems there is no end to the problems of residents living in and around Puri after cyclone Fani made its landfall in the coastal district on May 3. Many local residents of Brahmagiri, Krushnaprasad, Chandanpur and Satyabadi areas of the district are reeling under diarrhoea outbreak after the extremely severe cyclone. The affected […]

Puri: More than two weeks have passed since cyclone Fani made its landfall, but there seems to be no end to the woes of Puri residents, who are yet to get electricity. Even though the administration has restored power at Puri Srimandir, it is not clear when the whole town will get electricity. Residents of […]

Puri: After initial problems due to cyclone Fani, the chariot construction work for the annual Rath Yatra of the sibling deities of Puri Srimandir is now being carried out on a full swing. The pace of chariot construction at Ratha Khala has picked momentum following partial restoration of power supply to the pilgrim city which […]

Puri: Like other farmers, coconut growers of Puri also bore the brunt of cyclone Fani, which made landfall near the district on May 3. Around 50,000 coconut farmers in Chandanpur and Sakhigopal area of the district had to witness loss worth crores of rupees as thousands of trees were uprooted and damaged in the cyclone. […]

Puri/Cuttack: More than three weeks after cyclone Fani struck coastal parts of Odisha, two teams of World Bank today visited Puri and Cuttack districts to assess the loss incurred due to the natural disaster. A 26-member team visited several areas in Puri to assess the damages suffered by educational institutions, healthcare system, tourism, industries, heritage […]

Puri: Despite government’s assurance to completely restore power supply in Cyclone-Fani affected Puri district, many residents of the pilgrim city are still living without electricity. Amid blistering heat and humidity, lives of many residents including children have become miserable. “Though the electricity department had assured to restore power supply by May 25, many places are […]