Bhubaneswar: As many as 30 officers of the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) and Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) have been deputed to supervise relief and restoration activities in flood-affected Ganjam district in the aftermath of cyclone Arnab.
Two separate orders were issued by the General Administration & Public Grievance Department and Revenue & the Disaster Management Departments in this regard.
The General Administration and Public Grievance Department issued an order with regard to the deployment of 10 senior OAS officers to Ganjam.
“The senior OAS officers are hereby deployed in the Ganjam district, with immediate effect, to assist the district administration for post cyclone Arnab restoration works,” the order said.
Similarly, the Revenue and Disaster Management Department issued an order for the deployment of as many as 20 OAS and ORS officers to Ganjam.
As per the order, the 20 officers have been asked to report to the Ganjam Collector with immediate effect.
The temporary deployment of these officers will continue till the completion of the relief and restoration activities in Ganjam.
After careful consideration, the government has been pleased to temporarily deploy 20 OAS and ORS officers for coordinating and supervising relief and restoration activities in Ganjam, the order issued by the Revenue Department said.
This apart, the state government has formed three teams, comprising Sub-Divisional Officers (SDOs), Assistant Engineers and Junior Engineers, to ensure rapid repair and restoration of roads, buildings and bridges damaged by the cyclone and subsequent floods.