Cyclone Yaas: CM Pattnaik announces 7-day relief to all 128 cyclone-hit villages
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Updated: May 27, 2021 02:24 IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 27 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik on Wednesday announced seven-day relief for all families of 128 marooned villages of the Cyclone Yaas-affected districts.
All major roads and 80 per cent electricity supply will be restored for commutation in the next 24 hours.
CM Pattnaik also congratulated all the Panchayat representatives, district administrations, community organisations, and the police for their excellent work in evacuation.
The CM also thanked the doctors and health workers for continuous health service in the affected districts during the cyclone.
Yaas made landfall on the Odisha coast on Wednesday, extensive pre-emptive measures were undertaken by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on the Eastern Seaboard and Andaman and the Nicobar Islands bore fruit in saving lives and property.