Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday urged the people of Odisha not to panic over Cyclone Fani.
“The state government is fully prepared to tackle the impending cyclonic storm. The life of each human being is valuable for us. Please take special care of the women, children, elderly persons as well as the physically challenged during the cyclone. I request the people to keep calm and cooperate the government in this critical juncture,” the chief minister said in a release.
Presiding over a high-level review meeting at the State Secretariat here, the chief minister discussed the cyclone preparedness and post-cyclone rescue and reconstruction work with the principal secretaries and secretaries of Health and Family Welfare, Housing and Urban Development, Rural Development, Works, Energy and Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water departments. He asked these officials to immediately step up post-cyclone reconstruction works in the affected areas.
Apart from this, the chief minister also held a meeting with telecom service providers who assured to provide uninterrupted telecom service during and after the cyclone.
