descriptive writing on visit to odisha after Fani
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Life remained paralysed on Saturday, a day after ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm Fani, ripped through eight districts of Odisha.
Initial reports suggested 20 people had died due to collapse of walls, trees and electric poles. The Office of Special Relief Commissioner, however, had no official information to validate the death toll.
Lakhs of people have been affected, and the State government has launched massive rescue and restoration operations. After clearing road blockades along National and State highways, personnel from the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force and National Disaster Response Force have started moving to villages.
As communication networks are not in place, the extent of damage could not be ascertained. Energy infrastructure has suffered a massive damage in the region. Failure of mobile connectivity has added to the chaos.
The Office of Special Relief Commissioner, however, said the first priority was to admit injured people to hospitals and restore power.
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In the aftermath of Cyclone Fani, one of the worst cyclones to hit India’s eastern coastline, Odisha has proved it is one of the most disaster-ready states in the world.
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Odisha’s efforts to evacuate and shelter millions of people to safety has won international praise.
Mami Mizutori, Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, said,
“India's zero casualty approach to managing extreme weather events is a major contribution to the implementation of the Sendai Framework (for disaster risk reduction) and the reduction of loss of life from such events.”
Calling Cyclone Fani one of the ‘rarest of rare summer cyclones’ – the first in 43 years to hit the state – Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said tracking and predicting it was very challenging. “In fact, till 24 hours of its landfall, one was not sure about the trajectory it was going to take... However, we decided to prepare ourselves to face all possible eventualities," he said.
More than 45,000 volunteers, 2,000 emergency workers, 100,000 officials, youth clubs, and other civil society organisations such as National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) agencies, teamed up to work around the clock to evacuate 1.2 million people.