Bhubaneswar, August 18: A day after conducting survey in flood-hit Jajpur and Bhadrak districts, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday announced a package of Rs 1,000 crore for the flood-affected people in the State.
Around 9.40 lakh people in six districts have been affected by the floods even as 3.70 lakh people were evacuated as a precautionary measure, said the Chief Minister.
While 2.80 lakh people in 270 villages spread over 10 blocks and a ULB of Jajpur have been affected by the flood while 77,680 people were evacuated to safe places. Similarly, in Bhadrak district, 2.59 lakh people have suffered the hardship due to the flood in 149 villages spread over four blocks. Over one lakh people were evacuated to relief centres.
The Chief Minister said that compensation of Rs 8,500 per hectare will be provided to small and marginal farmers for crop/horticulture loss in non-irrigated areas while Rs 17,000 assistance will be provided per hectare in irrigated areas. Assistance for damage of perennial crops per hectare has been fixed at Rs 25,000.
To support the affected people, the CM said, additional funds would be provided if required.
The Chief Minister on Monday visited flood-ravaged areas in the worst-hit Bhadrak and Jajpur districts to take stock of the situation on the ground as the situation continued to remain grim in these two districts as swollen Baitarani and Brahmani rivers have posed a serious threat.
Majhi went to Kasapa and Tarpada gram panchayats in Dasarathpur block of Jajpur district and interacted with residents of Ramchandrapur, Balda and Dobhabil villages.
He also travelled by boat to the severely flooded Ishwarpur village under Shyamsundarpur panchayat of Tihidi block in Bhadrak district and reviewed the situation.
Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari, Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj and State BJP president Manmohan Samal accompanied the CM while he visited flood-affected areas of Bhadrak district.
The Chief Minister, on August 4, also announced an initial package of Rs 110 crore for the flood-affected people in the state, based on preliminary damage reports received from the district Collectors.
