The Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged the Centre to immediately give Rs 1000 crore as advance for undertaking reconstruction and rehabilitation work in flood affected areas of the state.
Patnaik has also asked different departments to expedite their respective works in the flood hit areas.
The water resources department has immediately restored 234 breaches and started providing water to the agricultural fields through canals.
Similarly, it has also been decided to repair 2500 Lift Irrigation (LI) points with an allocation of Rs 9.8 crore within 45 days.
The state government has earlier allocated Rs 1,000 crore from its own fund to revive the severely affected rural bridges, washed away in back-to-back floods.
Incessant rains and massive floods in two spells have washed away several rural houses, roads and bridges in the state and have claimed nearly 80 lives. The state government has asked the Centre to provide Rs 3,265 crore to compensate the flood damage.
