Bhubaneswar
Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari on Friday chaired a high-level review meeting on the flood situation in the state with Collectors of flood-affected districts. The meeting was attended by the Chief Secretary, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) and senior officials from various departments. According to the latest official data, 1,362 villages, 446 Gram Panchayats, 57 blocks, and 11 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across 15 districts have been affected, impacting a total of 7,91,846 people. Of them, 2,68,943 people remain stranded in flood-affected areas, while crops on 21,380 hectares of farmland have been damaged by the floods.