Central team to visit drought hit Nuapada, Kalahandi, Balangir and Bargarh districts

December 1, 2015 at 7:38 pm sanjibkarmee Leave a comment

Following is a report by PTI http://www.ptinews.com/news/6802853_Central-team-to-visit-drought-hit-Odisha.html

Bhubaneswar, Dec 1 (PTI) A 10-member Central team led by Union Joint Secretary, Agriculture, K Srinivas is scheduled to undertake a visit to Odisha’s drought affected areas from Thursday, officials said today.

The team, which will reach the state capital tomorrow, will visit the drought hit areas in separate groups on December 3 and 4, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Mohapatra said.

The team will have a meeting with state officials here on December 5,

Mahapatra said the Centre has constituted an inter- ministerial team led by Srinivas after the state government submitted an interim memorandum on drought.

The team will fly to the affected districts of Nuapada, Kalahandi, Balangir and Bargarh in two groups in a helicopter. After visiting the four districts, the team might take a decision to visit other drought affected districts, the SRC said.

The team will leave for New Delhi on December 6.

Entry filed under: Agriculture and Irrigation, Balangir, Bargarh, Central Govt. Grants, Farmer Suicide, Kalahandi, Kalahandi Balangir Koraput (KBK) region, Nuapada, Paddy, Region watch, State and Central govt. and KBK, State Watch-Monitoring the Odisha State, Subarnapur.

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