Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has temporarily deployed 30 OAS and ORS officers to Ganjam district to coordinate, supervise and assist in relief and restoration activities in the aftermath of cyclone Arnab.
The officers will report to the Collector and District Magistrate, Ganjam, with immediate effect and remain on duty till the completion of the relief and restoration work.
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department has deployed 20 OAS-A (JB)/ORS officers for coordinating and supervising the relief and restoration activities.
They are:
- Sri Denish Behera, BDO, Joda, Kendujhar
- Smt. Anita Kumari Sahoo, Tahasildar, Boudh
- Sri Sapan Kumar Sahu, Tahasildar, Baripada, Mayurbhanj
- Sri Kshirod Bihari Bharat Nag, Tahasildar, Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi
- Sri Jubuli Charan Behera, Dy. Commissioner, KMC, Kataka
- Smt. Jashmin Kumar Pradhan, BDO, Similiguda, Koraput
- Sri Sushant Kumar Baral, BDO, Tahachera, Anugola
- Sri Chitaranjan Das, BDO, Badamba, Kataka
- Sri Bikram Kumar Dora, BDO, Narayanpatna, Koraput
- Smt. Ayushi Pati, BDO, Padmapur, Rayagada
- Sri Kuresh Chandra Jani, BDO, Padmapur, Rayagada
- Sri Aswini Kumar Mahapatra, Ex-BDO, Biridi (joined at R&DM Department)
- Sri Akhaya Kumar Mallick, BDO, Padia, Malkangiri
- BDO, Baliguda, Kandhamala
- Sri Sudhir Kumar Nanda, Tahasildar, Kashinagar, Gajapati
- Smt. Priyanka Priyadarshini, Tahasildar, Phulbani, Kandhamala
- Smt. Kalpana Das, Tahasildar, Balipatna, Khordha
- Smt. Tanmita Kar, BDO, Basudevpur, Bhadrak
- Sri Bikash Ranjan, Tahasildar, Balikuda, Jagatsinghpur
- Sri Subhendu Kumar Jena, Dy. Collector, Collectorate, Anugola
- Sri Subhaprakash Kanungo, Addl. Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar
In a separate order, the General Administration and Public Grievance Department has deployed 10 officers to assist the Ganjam district administration in the post-cyclone restoration works. They are:
- Jyoti Sankar Ray, OAS (S), Additional District Magistrate, Jagatsinghpur
- Gayatri Datta Nayak, OAS (S), Joint Secretary to Government, P.R. & D.W. Department
- Gadadhar Patra, OAS Gr.A (SB), Deputy Secretary, Odisha Khadi and Village Industries Board, Bhubaneswar with additional charge of Administrative Officer, OSIC, Bhubaneswar
- Dayasindhu Parida, OAS Gr.A (SB), Sub Collector, Karanjia, Mayurbhanj with additional charge of PA, ITDA, Karanjia
- Manoranjan Sahu, OAS Gr.A (SB), Sub-Collector, Bhubaneswar
- Subrat Kumar Jena, OAS Gr.A (SB), Land Officer, IDCO, Bhubaneswar
- Haladhar Sabar, OAS Gr.A (SB), PA, ITDA, Malkangiri
- Anshuman Mahapatra, OAS Gr.A (SB), P.A., ITDA, Paralakhemundi, Gajapati
- Sipak Kumar Patra, OAS Gr.A (SB), Deputy Secretary to Government, W & CD Department
- Manmath Kumar Nayak, OAS Gr.A (SB), Deputy Commissioner, BMC, Bhubaneswar
All the deployed officers have been directed to report before the Collector and DM, Ganjam, for further instructions and to oversee the ongoing relief and restoration efforts in the district.












