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  • Disaster administration capability in Odisha will get Rs 400 crore increase

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: In view of the altering local weather situations, the federal government on Wednesday determined to additional strengthen the catastrophe administration capability of the State by extending newest gear and intensive coaching to the frontline organisations like ODRAF and hearth service models.

    The State government committee underneath Disaster Management Act which met right here underneath the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra was knowledgeable that round Rs 400 crore might be required for additional enchancment of the catastrophe administration system, and empowering the frontline unit engaged in mitigating affect of the disasters.

    The proposal for Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) was mentioned within the assembly. It was determined {that a} fast PDNA for the current heavy rains and floods can be carried out. After correct evaluation of the wants, further assist can be mobilised for long run restoration, reconstruction, restoration and future harm discount.

    Development Commissioner and Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena apprised the assembly that PDNA can be carried out in collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority and National Institute of Disaster Management.

    He stated sectors like housing and resettlement, safety of civic facilities together with the well being and academic infrastructure, ingesting water, native essential infrastructure wants like roads and bridges would be the main parts for PDNA. The Chief Secretary directed OSDMA to finish PDNA in a few month.

    Jena requested departments involved to submit utilisation certificates in opposition to the SRC grants already launched to them for aid, restore, restoration and distribution of varied help to the individuals.

    The Revenue and Disaster Management division was requested to determine flood susceptible villages having inadequate flood and cyclone shelters and construct extra flood shelters in these areas.It was additionally determined to strengthen and heighten the flood embankments within the weak areas like Bari, Dhamnagar, Gop and different riverside villages as a everlasting measure.

    BHUBANESWAR: In view of the altering local weather situations, the federal government on Wednesday determined to additional strengthen the catastrophe administration capability of the State by extending newest gear and intensive coaching to the frontline organisations like ODRAF and hearth service models.

    The State government committee underneath Disaster Management Act which met right here underneath the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra was knowledgeable that round Rs 400 crore might be required for additional enchancment of the catastrophe administration system, and empowering the frontline unit engaged in mitigating affect of the disasters.

    The proposal for Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) was mentioned within the assembly. It was determined {that a} fast PDNA for the current heavy rains and floods can be carried out. After correct evaluation of the wants, further assist can be mobilised for long run restoration, reconstruction, restoration and future harm discount.

    Development Commissioner and Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena apprised the assembly that PDNA can be carried out in collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority and National Institute of Disaster Management.

    He stated sectors like housing and resettlement, safety of civic facilities together with the well being and academic infrastructure, ingesting water, native essential infrastructure wants like roads and bridges would be the main parts for PDNA. The Chief Secretary directed OSDMA to finish PDNA in a few month.

    Jena requested departments involved to submit utilisation certificates in opposition to the SRC grants already launched to them for aid, restore, restoration and distribution of varied help to the individuals.

    The Revenue and Disaster Management division was requested to determine flood susceptible villages having inadequate flood and cyclone shelters and construct extra flood shelters in these areas.It was additionally determined to strengthen and heighten the flood embankments within the weak areas like Bari, Dhamnagar, Gop and different riverside villages as a everlasting measure.

  • Major flood anticipated in Subarnarekha river, SRC energy delegated to Balasore collector

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: The state authorities on Sunday delegated powers of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) to the Balasore district Justice of the Peace to handle the emergency state of affairs arising out of the potential for a significant flood within the Subarnarekha river. Besides, one helicopter has been positioned within the district to deal with the state of affairs.

    “Under orders of @Naveen_Odisha @CMO_Odisha @SRC_Odisha delegates powers of SRC to 
    @DBalasore  to manage the emergency situation arising out of the high floods in Subarnarekha. Further HCM @Naveen_Odisha  ordered to place one helicopter with @DBalasore for dealing with the emergency,” the SRC tweeted after a evaluation of the state of affairs.

    The SRC instructed media individuals that just about 6 lakh cusecs of water are passing by means of the Galudihi barrage. Water is flowing 4 meters above the hazard mark at Jamsola, he mentioned and added that Baliapal, Bhograi, Jaleswar and Basta blocks will probably be most affected as a consequence of flood in Subarnarekha.

    Under orders of @Naveen_Odisha @CMO_Odisha @SRC_Odisha delegates powers of SRC to @DBalasore to handle the emergency state of affairs arising outof the excessive floods in Subarnarekha. Further HCM @Naveen_Odisha ordered to position one helicopter with @DBalasore for coping with the emergency

    — Pradeep Jena IAS (@PradeepJenaIAS) August 21, 2022

    The SRC additional mentioned that the impression of floods will probably be extreme in comparison with that in 2008. “There’s a possibility of the situation getting worse, so we need to remain alert. We hope there will be no flood-like situation in Budhabalanga,” he added.

    Stating that the Balasore administration has been placed on excessive alert, the SRC mentioned that 5 NDRF, 4 ODRAF and 12 hearth providers groups have been deployed in susceptible areas of the district for rescue and aid operations.

    The SRC mentioned that Bhadrak and Jajpur districts have been placed on alert due to rising water stage of the Baitarani river. The water stage is, nonetheless, anticipated to recede within the subsequent three hours, he mentioned and added that 4 NDRF, 3 ODRAF and 12 hearth providers groups have been despatched to those two districts.

    BHUBANESWAR: The state authorities on Sunday delegated powers of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) to the Balasore district Justice of the Peace to handle the emergency state of affairs arising out of the potential for a significant flood within the Subarnarekha river. Besides, one helicopter has been positioned within the district to deal with the state of affairs.

    “Under orders of @Naveen_Odisha @CMO_Odisha @SRC_Odisha delegates powers of SRC to 
    @DBalasore  to handle the emergency state of affairs arising out of the excessive floods in Subarnarekha. Further HCM @Naveen_Odisha  ordered to position one helicopter with @DBalasore for coping with the emergency,” the SRC tweeted after a evaluation of the state of affairs.

    The SRC instructed media individuals that just about 6 lakh cusecs of water are passing by means of the Galudihi barrage. Water is flowing 4 meters above the hazard mark at Jamsola, he mentioned and added that Baliapal, Bhograi, Jaleswar and Basta blocks will probably be most affected as a consequence of flood in Subarnarekha.

    Under orders of @Naveen_Odisha @CMO_Odisha @SRC_Odisha delegates powers of SRC to @DBalasore to handle the emergency state of affairs arising outof the excessive floods in Subarnarekha. Further HCM @Naveen_Odisha ordered to position one helicopter with @DBalasore for coping with the emergency
    — Pradeep Jena IAS (@PradeepJenaIAS) August 21, 2022
    The SRC additional mentioned that the impression of floods will probably be extreme in comparison with that in 2008. “There’s a possibility of the situation getting worse, so we need to remain alert. We hope there will be no flood-like situation in Budhabalanga,” he added.

    Stating that the Balasore administration has been placed on excessive alert, the SRC mentioned that 5 NDRF, 4 ODRAF and 12 hearth providers groups have been deployed in susceptible areas of the district for rescue and aid operations.

    The SRC mentioned that Bhadrak and Jajpur districts have been placed on alert due to rising water stage of the Baitarani river. The water stage is, nonetheless, anticipated to recede within the subsequent three hours, he mentioned and added that 4 NDRF, 3 ODRAF and 12 hearth providers groups have been despatched to those two districts.

  • CM Naveen Patnaik evaluations Odisha flood state of affairs, emphasises on zero casualty

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday emphasised on ‘zero casualty’ and requested officers to make sure this by enterprise immediate evacualtion of individuals from susceptible areas to safer locations.

    Reviewing the state of affairs with senior officers and collectors of 10 districts within the Mahanadi river, the chief minister mentioned that not a single life ought to be misplaced resulting from flood. He requested the officers to make sure that there aren’t any main disruptions in highway communication due to the flood.

    Stating that ‘zero casualty’ throughout any calamity is the state authorities’s coverage, the chief minister requested the officers to take speedy measures to evacuate individuals from flood zone to security to stop lack of life. He directed chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra and Special Relief Commissioner Pradip Kumar Jena to continually monitor and evaluate the state of affairs as a way to mitigate the plight of individuals.

    Stating that 10 districts situated within the Mahanadi river basin are prone to be affected resulting from floods attributable to torrential rains, the Chief Minister mentioned the collectors of those districts ought to stay alert and vigilant and take all mandatory steps to take care of the state of affairs.

    The chief minister requested officers to make sure that mandatory reduction and different fundamental necessities are supplied to individuals evacuated from low mendacity areas of coastal districts. He  directed all of the departments involved to rapidly prolong required help to the affected districts. He additionally requested officers to maintain Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), Fire Service personnel and NDRF on alert for enterprise rescue operations wherever mandatory.

    Besides, the chief minister mentioned hospitals and water provide and energy provide companies ought to present uninterrupted providers, whereas the well being division ought to make particular preparations for offering medical support in affected areas. Similarly, fisheries and animal useful resource division ought to take mandatory steps for the protection and safety of livestock.

    He mentioned immediate steps ought to be taken for restore and restoration work to stop disruption in communication. The power division must also take advance measures to make sure speedy restoration of energy provide within the occasion of any disruption, he added.

    The SRC mentioned eight sluice gates of Hirakud dam have been closed and extra water was now being launched by way of 26 gates to stop any main flood within the Mahanadi river system. Nine ODRAF, 9 NDRF groups and 44 hearth service models have been deployed in susceptible districts, he mentioned.

    While 11.75 lakh cusec water was now flowing in Mahanadi at Mundali close to Cuttack, the administration in affected districts are in a state of excessive alert and able to undertake evacuation. The SRC mentioned that 12.06 lakh cusec of water will go by way of Mundali within the night. Water degree of the Hirakud dam has reached 626 toes. Further determination of opening of gates will probably be taken within the night, he added.

    BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday emphasised on ‘zero casualty’ and requested officers to make sure this by enterprise immediate evacualtion of individuals from susceptible areas to safer locations.

    Reviewing the state of affairs with senior officers and collectors of 10 districts within the Mahanadi river, the chief minister mentioned that not a single life ought to be misplaced resulting from flood. He requested the officers to make sure that there aren’t any main disruptions in highway communication due to the flood.

    Stating that ‘zero casualty’ throughout any calamity is the state authorities’s coverage, the chief minister requested the officers to take speedy measures to evacuate individuals from flood zone to security to stop lack of life. He directed chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra and Special Relief Commissioner Pradip Kumar Jena to continually monitor and evaluate the state of affairs as a way to mitigate the plight of individuals.

    Stating that 10 districts situated within the Mahanadi river basin are prone to be affected resulting from floods attributable to torrential rains, the Chief Minister mentioned the collectors of those districts ought to stay alert and vigilant and take all mandatory steps to take care of the state of affairs.

    The chief minister requested officers to make sure that mandatory reduction and different fundamental necessities are supplied to individuals evacuated from low mendacity areas of coastal districts. He  directed all of the departments involved to rapidly prolong required help to the affected districts. He additionally requested officers to maintain Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), Fire Service personnel and NDRF on alert for enterprise rescue operations wherever mandatory.

    Besides, the chief minister mentioned hospitals and water provide and energy provide companies ought to present uninterrupted providers, whereas the well being division ought to make particular preparations for offering medical support in affected areas. Similarly, fisheries and animal useful resource division ought to take mandatory steps for the protection and safety of livestock.

    He mentioned immediate steps ought to be taken for restore and restoration work to stop disruption in communication. The power division must also take advance measures to make sure speedy restoration of energy provide within the occasion of any disruption, he added.

    The SRC mentioned eight sluice gates of Hirakud dam have been closed and extra water was now being launched by way of 26 gates to stop any main flood within the Mahanadi river system. Nine ODRAF, 9 NDRF groups and 44 hearth service models have been deployed in susceptible districts, he mentioned.

    While 11.75 lakh cusec water was now flowing in Mahanadi at Mundali close to Cuttack, the administration in affected districts are in a state of excessive alert and able to undertake evacuation. The SRC mentioned that 12.06 lakh cusec of water will go by way of Mundali within the night. Water degree of the Hirakud dam has reached 626 toes. Further determination of opening of gates will probably be taken within the night, he added.

  • Evacuation drives, rescue groups and command centres: States gear up for Cyclone Yaas

    As Cyclone Yaas looms nearer to the jap shores of India, states like Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have sprung into motion to make sure minimal lack of life and property.
    In the following 24 hours, Cyclone Yaas is anticipated to accentuate right into a “very severe cyclonic storm”, HR Biswas, Director of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Bhubaneshwar, instructed information company ANI. It will make its landfall someplace near Paradip and Sagar islands across the night hours of May 26.
    In a assessment assembly with chief ministers of the states involved and representatives of Central ministries, Union Home Minister Amit Shah emphasised on evacuation of individuals from susceptible areas. He additionally requested states to make sure their Covid infrastructure was not disrupted.

    Rescue operations to sort out each cyclone, Covid
    With an intention to sort out the cyclone amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic, Pradeep Kumar Jena, Special Relief Commissioner of Odisha, has acknowledged that preparations have been made for a clean evacuation following Covid norms.
    “Oxygen plants are being given alternative power backups. Adequate buffer oxygen stocks are being made available to Covid hospitals in the cyclone-prone area,” he stated.
    The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has additionally directed its rescue groups to make sure that the nation’s main medical oxygen technology vegetation primarily based in Odisha and West Bengal are “running and alive” throughout Cyclone Yaas, information company PTI reported citing a senior official.
    The NDRF has deployed greater than 100 groups throughout 5 states, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh, and Union Territory Andaman and Nicobar, for rescue and reduction.
    ‘Massive evacuation drives’ and warnings issued in Odisha
    Jena instructed information company PTI {that a} large evacuation drive might be launched in all low-lying areas and susceptible storm-surge pockets.
    A big contingent of rescue and reduction groups has been rushed to Balasore district in Odisha, the place Yaas is prone to make landfall. The IMD has predicted a tidal surge of 2-4.5 meters on the landfall of Yaas, making it essential to evacuate the residents within the space.
    Warnings have additionally been issued by the IMD to fishermen to not enterprise into the Bay of Bengal throughout May 24-25.
    “Those who are out in the Deep Sea of north and adjoining central Bay of Bengal are advised to return to the coast (sic),” a tweet by the IMD learn.
    In Bhadrak, one other district within the landfall zone, the police sensitised the fishermen of the hazards of venturing into the ocean presently.

    Police personnels of Chudamani PS sensitising villagers/fishermen located on the beach to not enterprise into the ocean as a result of impending cyclone #YAAS. @CharanMeena_IPS @DM_Bhadrak @igerbalasore @odisha_police pic.twitter.com/EUqDmksGRu
    — Bhadrak Police (@SpBhadrak) May 24, 2021
    The Odisha Police has instituted a devoted helpline quantity 06784250007 in case of any emergency in the course of the cyclone. Citizens also can dial 112 for assist. A centralised management room has been created to “monitor pre-cyclonic preparedness, and post cyclonic repair and restoration works.”
    More than 800 personnel of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force have been readied, the police acknowledged in a tweet. They might be geared up with rescue instruments like tower and search lights, hydra cranes, inflatable boats, excessive finish hydraulic tree cutters, gasoline cutters, plasma cutters, sat telephones and walkie talkie units.
    CM Banerjee to stay in command centre in West Bengal
    In a Twitter thread on Saturday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee acknowledged that she had reviewed the catastrophe administration preparedness with all senior officers of related Central and state companies.
    “All officials have been advised integrated command, advance planning and early evacuation from coastal and riverine areas to rescue shelters including cyclone and flood shelters, and to conduct relief and rehabilitation operations at the earliest,” the chief minister added.
    Dedicated helpline numbers 033-22143526 and 1070 have additionally been arrange for emergencies in the course of the cyclone.
    Requesting everybody to remain alert, she added that reduction supplies have been dispatched and ‘Quick Response Teams’ mobilised.
    An official instructed PTI that Banerjee will stay current on the management room in Nabanna on the times when the cyclone is about to hit the coastal areas of the state. Several small management centres have additionally been arrange for the coastal areas, other than the centralised command centre.
    While ships have been tied with ropes on the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata as precaution, the Indian Coast Guard introduced on Monday that each one 265 boats, which have been reported to be within the Bay of Bengal by fisheries authorities, have returned to harbour.

  • ODRAF will get superior gear to deal with disasters in Odisha

    Express News Service
    BHUBANESHWAR: Now finding victims and looking lives at risk throughout disasters will likely be straightforward forthe Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), comprising highly-trained personnel, who’re credited for his or her multi-disaster tackling capabilities.

    The ODRAF has been outfitted with two life-detection and sufferer location methods every to reinforce the rescue operations within the State. The new life-detection system working at a sure frequency can remotely detect the respiration and heartbeat alerts of human beings buried below particles.

    The sufferer location cameras can be utilised to hint the survivors. “Life-detection systems are utilised to search for the humans buried under the debris or laid behind various barriers. Searching randomly is a horrendous task and the equipment can help in detecting any survivor under the debris,” mentioned

    Additional DG (Law and Order) YK Jethwa. The State was battered by a sequence of cyclones within the final twenty years and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) had performed a pivotal function in finishing up rescue and aid operations within the aftermath of the disasters.

    “The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been using such equipment. Now the advanced systems will strengthen the capability of ODRAF and help in rescue operations during any natural disasters or infrastructure-related accidents,”he mentioned.

    The ODRAF can be within the means of procuring few chemical, organic, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defence kits, and fast deployment of antennas that are normally utilized by the NDRF and paramilitary forces to ascertain communication in distant locations throughout emergency conditions within the low to no community areas.

    The high-end gear are being procured from the United States, Germany and Japan to empower the ODRAF personnel to hold out the rescue operations extra successfully and speedily. “ODRAF is an efficient specialised disaster response wing of Odisha Police. In a bid to further enhance its disaster response capability, it is being equipped with high-end equipment from the best international brands,” mentioned an official.

    Mobility help by means of two-wheelers, four-wheelers and excessive velocity boats can be being supplied to make sure expeditious motion on land and within the water our bodies. There are about 20 items of ODRAF and every of them has been supplied with two-wheelers and about two pick-up automobiles together with the cranes.

    Jethwa reviewed the functioning of ODRAF with all its unit commanders through video conferencing on Thursday. The work carried out throughout latest emergencies together with dousing forest fires was reviewed within the assembly. 

    Plans for additional preparedness, positioning of the manpower, specialised coaching and infrastructure wants had been additionally mentioned. The State Government will ship the ODRAF personnel to varied NDRF camps for coaching. They may also endure coaching at Kolkata to reinforce their abilities in scuba diving.