Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved Rs 7,00,58,000 aid to help people in Puri district to rebuild their houses damaged by Cyclone Fani.
The assistance from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund will help 8000 families, the CM’s office tweeted on Friday.
CM @Naveen_Odisha has approved ₹7,00,58,000 house building assistance from CMRF for people whose houses have been damaged in #CycloneFani in Puri district. It will benefit 8,000 people in the district who are not eligible to get assistance under SDRF pic.twitter.com/IVeFQykE02
— CMO Odisha (@CMO_Odisha) June 14, 2019
These families were not eligible to get assistance under the State Disaster Response Fund.
Out of the beneficiaries, 7,400 families whose houses were completely damaged will get Rs 10,000 each. The remaining will get Rs 3,000 each to restore their partially damaged houses, the tweet said.
