Cyclone Fani Odisha

India has made a huge mark in sand art, with hundreds of artists from countries across the world participating in the Sand Art Festival held at Konark in Odisha, state authorities claim. While over a hundred participants were from India alone, the others belonged to Ireland, Denmark, Russia, Canada, Togo, Sri Lanka and the United States.

The Hong Kong government has approved over $900,000 for relief and rehabilitation work in cyclone-hit Odisha that could benefit around 45,100 victims, China's official media reported on Friday.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought special category status for the state and central assistance of Rs5,000 crore following extensive damage caused by cyclone Fani.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and pitched for Odisha to be granted special category status in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani.

More than five lakh people of 1.64 lakh households in Odisha's coastal districts continue to struggle with hot and humid weather conditions due to lack of power restoration though one month has passed since the cyclone Fani made landfall near Puri on May 3.

About 48 per cent of the electricity consumers in Odisha's Puri are yet to get back their power connection even though 28-days have passed after the extremely severe cyclone ''Fani'' made a landfall on May 3, officials said Saturday.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sent nearly 65 lakh messages to the people in eastern and southern India to give them updates about Cyclone Fani that hit the Odisha coast earlier this month, a report said.

Almost 200 employees gathered to put together the emergency relief kits for families affected by the Cyclone earlier this month.

A Dalit man in Odisha's Kendrapara district has been living in a toilet along with his spouse and two grown up daughters after Cyclone Fani razed his kutcha house to ground, an official said.

For Cyclone Fani, we learnt our lessons and put out our best foot forward. Early evacuation and disaster impact management restricted casualties to 64.

Twelve days after cyclone Fani hit Odisha coast, power supply at the Jagannath Temple in Puri district was restored on Wednesday evening, officials said.

The Odisha Housing and Urban Development department on Tuesday said that Cyclone Fani that hit the coastal state on May 3 damaged Rs 525 crore worth of assets.

Entire Puri district and hundreds of villages in other districts were without electricity even 11 days after the cyclone Fani devastated coastal Odisha, killing at least 64 people, officials said.

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has promised to supply 1,000 kilo-litre of subsided kerosene to Odisha, as per request made by state chief minister Naveen Patnaik in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani.

An inter-ministerial Central team is in Odisha to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Fani that hit the state's coastal districts on May 3 leaving 64 dead, an official said.

India has made a huge mark in sand art, with hundreds of artists from countries across the world participating in the Sand Art Festival held at Konark in Odisha, state authorities claim. While over a hundred participants were from India alone, the others belonged to Ireland, Denmark, Russia, Canada, Togo, Sri Lanka and the United States.

The Hong Kong government has approved over $900,000 for relief and rehabilitation work in cyclone-hit Odisha that could benefit around 45,100 victims, China's official media reported on Friday.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought special category status for the state and central assistance of Rs5,000 crore following extensive damage caused by cyclone Fani.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and pitched for Odisha to be granted special category status in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani.

More than five lakh people of 1.64 lakh households in Odisha's coastal districts continue to struggle with hot and humid weather conditions due to lack of power restoration though one month has passed since the cyclone Fani made landfall near Puri on May 3.

About 48 per cent of the electricity consumers in Odisha's Puri are yet to get back their power connection even though 28-days have passed after the extremely severe cyclone ''Fani'' made a landfall on May 3, officials said Saturday.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sent nearly 65 lakh messages to the people in eastern and southern India to give them updates about Cyclone Fani that hit the Odisha coast earlier this month, a report said.

Almost 200 employees gathered to put together the emergency relief kits for families affected by the Cyclone earlier this month.

A Dalit man in Odisha's Kendrapara district has been living in a toilet along with his spouse and two grown up daughters after Cyclone Fani razed his kutcha house to ground, an official said.

For Cyclone Fani, we learnt our lessons and put out our best foot forward. Early evacuation and disaster impact management restricted casualties to 64.

Twelve days after cyclone Fani hit Odisha coast, power supply at the Jagannath Temple in Puri district was restored on Wednesday evening, officials said.

The Odisha Housing and Urban Development department on Tuesday said that Cyclone Fani that hit the coastal state on May 3 damaged Rs 525 crore worth of assets.

Entire Puri district and hundreds of villages in other districts were without electricity even 11 days after the cyclone Fani devastated coastal Odisha, killing at least 64 people, officials said.

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has promised to supply 1,000 kilo-litre of subsided kerosene to Odisha, as per request made by state chief minister Naveen Patnaik in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani.

An inter-ministerial Central team is in Odisha to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Fani that hit the state's coastal districts on May 3 leaving 64 dead, an official said.