The Odisha government on Friday asked District Collectors and the agriculture department to conduct field inspection to ascertain damages to cultivation by Cyclone Titli and the subsequent floods, officials said.
The action came a day after the State asked the Centre to immediately release ₹1,000 crore as interim assistance for relief and restoration works for the cyclone and flood-affected areas.
Deputy Relief Commissioner Prabhat Ranjan Mohapatra said the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has directed the District Collectors of the 17 affected districts to conduct field inspection and submit reports in regard to crop damage.
Subsidy for farmers
Mr. Mohapatra said the farmers will be provided input subsidy for crop loss on the basis of the reports.
He said as per the norms of NDRF and SDRF, the State government will give agriculture input subsidy at the rate of ₹13,500 per hectare for irrigated land and ₹6,800 per hectare for non-irrigated land. The subsidy will be given for maximum two hectares, the DSRC said.
Earlier on Thursday, SRC B.P. Sethi had informed that Odisha has incurred damage amounting to ₹2,765 crore due to Cyclone Titli and the subsequent floods.
“Standing crops in about 2.73 lakh hectares of land have suffered extensive damage,” Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on on Thursday.
At least 57 people have been killed and 10 others are missing due to the cyclone.
