Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who is continuously monitoring the situation, visited the office of SRC again today and took stock of the post-cyclone situation.
Meanwhile, the State Government today placed four officers under suspension on charge of dereliction of duty and misbehaving with people during cyclone-related work.
Revenue and Disaster Management minister Suresh Pujari said three Panchayat Extension Officers (PEOs) and one Revenue Inspector (RI) have been suspended after getting prima facie evidence against them.
As per the allegations, these four officials were engaged in the evacuation of people to cyclone shelters where they misbehaved with some persons.
Shri Pujari said his department has also received complaints against some other officials and they were being verified before initiating any action.
“Government officials, who served people with dedication during the emergency cyclone situation, will be rewarded and action will be taken against those found guilty,” he stated.
On Friday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi praised health worker Sibani Mandal for her selfless service during severe cyclone Dana that made landfall in Kendrapara district.
Shri Majhi also directed the Block Development Officer of Rajnagar block to provide a house to Mandal and assured her of additional necessary assistance.
Mandal had carried a paralytic woman on her back and walked one-and-a-half kilometres to a cyclone shelter in Rajnagar area.
The Chief Minister also praised the personnel of the NDRF, ODRAF, Fire Service, Forest teams and Police for their dedicated service during cyclone Dana.
Standing crops spread over 1.75 lakh acre of land have been damaged and submerged another 2.80 lakh acres due to cyclone Dana and heavy rainfall caused by the storm.
This was informed by Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Principal Secretary, Dr Arabinda Padhee.
“As per preliminary reports, the crop area likely to be affected by #CycloneDana is about 1,75,000 acres (69,995 ha). Eye-estimated submerged crop area is about 2,80,000 acres (1,12,310 ha),” Dr Padhee said on X.
The Agriculture Department has asked its field officials to assess and enumerate the crop loss (more than 33% and above), jointly with Revenue Dept colleagues in a squad approach under supervision of District Collectors, he said.