Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has extended relief assistance to nearly 2,500 families affected by Cyclone Arnab in Ganjam district, providing essential supplies for around 10,000 people, officials said on Monday.
A BMC team led by Mayor Sulochana Das visited Ganjam district on Monday with dry food items, clothes and other relief materials for the cyclone-affected people. The supplies were handed over to the Ganjam district administration for distribution among the affected families.
The team also distributed relief materials in different areas with the assistance of the local administration.
The initiative was taken by the BMC Mayor and Commissioner Chanchal Rana to extend support to cyclone-hit families on behalf of the civic body, alongside the relief measures being undertaken by the state government.
The team comprised Health and Sanitation Standing Committee Chairperson Biranchi Narayan Mahasupkar, Finance Standing Committee Chairperson Rajkishore Das, corporators Mihir Kumar Rout, Nrupesh Nayak, Ranjulata Ray and Madhumita Pradhan, Assistant Commissioner Amaresh Nayak, and other BMC officials and employees.
The relief materials were handed over in the presence of Ganjam Collector Keerthi Vasan V, Berhampur Municipal Corporation Mayor Sanghamitra Dalei and other district administration officials.
Later, Das held discussions with the Ganjam Collector and the Berhampur Mayor on the situation in the cyclone-affected areas. She also visited some of the worst-hit locations and distributed relief materials among the affected people.
The BMC Mayor and Commissioner had issued special instructions to the concerned officials and employees to ensure that essential assistance reached the affected families and relief distribution was carried out smoothly.
The civic body’s initiative to extend assistance to cyclone-affected families in Ganjam was widely welcomed.
