The cyclone is likely to cause the maximum damage at Balasore and Bhadrak.
BHUBANESWAR: As Cyclone Yaas inches closer to Odisha coast, the state government on Monday deployed some senior IAS and IPS officers as well as engineers and officers from different departments in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada and Mayurbhanj districts to supervise the rescue and restoration activities.
Many doctors too have been sent to Balasore and Bhadrak where the cyclone is likely to cause the maximum damage.
Yaas is likely to make landfall in Balasore district on May 26.
Sports secretary Vishal Dev and inspector general of police (eastern range) Diptesh Pattanayak have been assigned to oversee the operations in Balasore; Food supplies secretary V V Yadav and inspector general of police (crime branch) Amitendra Nath Sinha would look after Bhadrak; industries secretary Hemant Sharma and deputy inspector general (central range) J N Pankaj have been sent to Kendrapada; higher education s
Cyclone Yaas: Odisha Govt assigns high risk districts
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25 May 2021, 03:56 GMT+10
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 24 (ANI): The Odisha Government on Monday assigned the high risk districts to Senior Officers to supervise relief, rehabilitation and restoration work in the wake of the severe Cyclonic storm Yaas which is expected to hit the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal on May 26.
Listing the IAS officers, a statement issued by the Additional Secretary, Indramani Tripathy, read, The following 1AS officers are assigned the districts noted against each for supervision of relief, rehabilitation and restoration works arising out of very severe Cyclonic storm Yaas . The officers concerned are requested to proceed to the respective districts immediately.
Odisha sets target to achieve 60 pc crop diversification in mega lift point ayacut areas ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 03:39 IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 29 (ANI): In a step towards enhancing the cash return to the farmers and creation of subsidiary employment opportunities in the agricultural sector, the Odisha government on Wednesday started initiative of crop diversification in mega lift point ( MILP) ayacut areas of the state.
According to the state government, with due deliberation, the target was set to achieve non-paddy cultivation in 60 per cent of the MILP ayacut areas during the coming cropping seasons.
The state government s release said the action plan for the coming Kharif season towards this effect was discussed in a high-level meeting held on digital mode under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra wherein Secretary Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Suresh Kumar Vashishth outlined the issues