Odisha Chief Minister reviewed the flood relief operation and the assessment of crop loss during the current flood

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik reviewed the flood relief operation and the assessment of crop loss during the current flood.  The following decisions were taken in the meeting.

·       Assessment of crop loss as per the provisions of Odisha Relief Code must be completed in all affected districts in all respects within a time frame.

·       Assessment should be made jointly by drawing field level and supervisory officials from revenue, agriculture and statistics departments.

·       Due diligence is to be exercised while making assessment of crop loss of small & marginal farmers and actual cultivators.

·       Extent of damage caused to agricultural, horticultural, sericulture crops, annual plantation and perennial crops due to flood is to be accurately calculated and thereafter displayed in villages.

·       Joint Secretary level officers deployed to blocks for monitoring House damage assessment shall also coordinate, guide and supervise assessment of Crop loss on a day to day basis.

·        All payments should be made in shape of account payee cheques.

·       Agriculture Department should take immediate steps to arrange & distribute quality seeds in sufficient quantity for alternate cropping.

·       To prevent pest epidemic, pest control operations are to be organized.