Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook an aerial survey of Odisha and West Bengal to review the situation in the wake of Cyclone Yaas.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a review meeting with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other officials of the state administrations to assess the impact of Cyclone Yaas.
In the meeting, Odisha government demanded long term solutions to mitigate problems of repeated cyclones and provision of disaster resilient power systems.
The state government sought no immediate funds to manage the expenditure incurred in disaster management, but stressed on long term solutions to the problem as Odisha is frequently hit by major calamities like cyclones, Odishas Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Jena told reporters after the meeting.
Cyclone Yaas, packing winds gusting to 145 kmph whiplashed parts of Indias eastern coast on Wednesday, killing at leastthree people in Odisha and one in West Bengal and leaving behind a trail of damaged homes and flooded farmland, forcing more than 21 lakh people to be evacuated to safe shelters in the states of West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand.
After the havoc caused by the cyclone, heavy post- cyclone rains on Thursday has seen river water levels rising above the danger mark, placing four districts of Odisha - Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Keonjhar - on high alert.
(With inputs from Agencies)
