Fani Damages, Relief Needs Pegged At Rs 9336 Cr

An estimated 5.56 lakh houses have been fully or partially damaged. More than 2,650 large animals, 3,631 small animals and 53.26 lakh poultry birds were killed, a press release said.

The release said keeping in view the norms of assistance under the State Disaster Response Fund and National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), the state government is seeking Rs 5,227.68 crore from the latter to undertake relief and restoration measures.

Till date, the state government has released Rs 1,357.14 crore to various districts and departments towards disaster response.

The state had submitted a preliminary damage assessment report to a central team, which toured the cyclone-hit areas from May 12 to 15.