Cyclone Titli News
Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday approved Rs 229.05 crore for Andhra Pradesh's State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
The death toll on Saturday rose to 61 in Odisha after Cyclone Titli had earlier struck the state, causing damage of worth Rs 2,200 crore.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday visited the cyclone-affected Gajapati district in Odisha.
The Odisha government on Thursday said cyclone Titli and subsequent floods caused a loss of about Rs 2,765 crore and affected 60.11 lakh people.
The death toll on Wednesday rose to 57 in Odisha after Cyclone Titli had earlier struck the state, causing damage of worth Rs 2,200 crore.
The death toll in Odisha due to Cyclone Titli and subsequent floods has climbed to 52. Authorities are in the process of verifying 10 more cases who went missing in a landslide in Gajapati district.
The flood situation in Odisha improved slightly while the death toll touches 24 on Sunday.
Special Relief Commissioner BP Sethi in Odisha sanctioned relief funds on Sunday for people who lost their lives in a landslide in Mahendragiri hills.
The toll could increase further as three others are feared trapped under the debris.
On an average, a family of four members will be assisted with more than Rs 3000 as a relief.
The CM said that the standing crops, roads and trees suffered the maximum damage in cyclone Titli and the resultant flood in the state.
The severe cyclonic storm hit the two districts early Thursday, with winds gusting up to 165 kilometers per hour. Heavy rainfall, ranging from 10 cm to 43 cm, was witnessed in different parts of the districts.
"There are reports about the death of 12 people in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Baraghara village under Rayagada block in Gajapati district. We are verifying them," Sethi said.
The cyclonic storm is likely to trigger rainfall at most places of the Gangetic West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura.
As many as 14 teams of the NDRF and 26 teams of ODRAF have been deployed across 16 districts of the state.
The introduction of the special train has been done to facilitate the stranded passengers going southwards.
The weakened cyclonic storm is now moving northeastwards towards Gangetic West Bengal across Odisha.
The cyclone caused widespread rains in Odisha and AP, uprooted trees, electricity poles, communication towers, damaged houses and crops and snapped electricity supply.
The IMD said, "The forward sector of the eye of the storm has been entering into the land mass."
CM Naveen Patnaik has said lakhs have been taken away from coastal areas in the state and that the state government has a 'zero casualty' disaster management policy.
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