Every year State Level preparatory meeting is being commenced with the participation of all line
departmental officials under the chairmanship of Special Relief Commissioner. Apart from this pre-cyclone
exercise & Pre-flood preparedness meetings are organized to review the readiness to face any
unforeseen situations due to flood & cyclone in the state. The Line Department Official and the
Collectors are being advised to keep a vigilant look on such situation.
In our state there are 879 multipurpose flood Shelters & cyclone shelters which has been constructed
by the state Govt. to provide shelter facilities to the evacuees, the victim of disaster like flood &
cyclone. In Kalahandi also there are four numbers of MFS (Multipurpose flood Shelter) has been
constructed by the state govt. for the purpose. During the period of natural calamities, the distress
evacuees can take shelter in these MFSs . Provisions are being taken to equipped these MFSs with
necessary emergency equipments, electricity , drinking water facilities and steps are being taken to
ensure special provision for sheltering the women, children & livestock resources during such
devastating period. The multipurpose flood shelter management committees are there to monitor the
proper maintenance of these MFSs prevision are there to aware & sensitive the people by taking
initiative for community based capacity building measures for them.
Strengthening of early-warning dissemination system i.e. to disseminate information before the occurrence
of any disaster in order to expedite the process of rescue & relief operation has been achieved. The State
& District Level emergency control room with all necessary equipments has been streamlined with
24/7 hours Services. “Alert Siren Towers” has been constructed in 122 places of 22 blocks of Six
disaster prone coastal Districts in order to disseminate the warning message to people before occurrence
of any disaster. The people can get the warning messages regarding occurrence of Tsunami/Cyclone from
these Alert Siren tower.
The ODRAF Team is supplied with Satellite phone in order to avoid any Tele-connectivity problems during
disasters. Again In order to expedite the relief & rescue operation during calamities Ten numbers of ODRAF
team has been provided with capacity building training and supplied with power boats & necessary
emergency equipments. Another ten numbers of ODRAF teams also has recently been formed for the
purpose.Like wise the fire fighting team in the State has also been Capacitate and supplied with necessary
emergency equipments.
The Central Govt. has enlisted 12 nos. of natural calamities i.e. Flood/Cyclone/Drought/Earthquake/Fire
accident/Tsunami/Hail storm/Land Sliding /Cloud bursting / paste attack /cold wave/avalanches under the
National Disaster Relief Fund(NDRF). But as Odisha is a disaster prone State, therefore in order to
compassionate the victim or NOKS of the victim who has been injured or dead due to the State Specific
another eight numbers of natural calamities or local disasters as listed by the State Govt. i.e.
Lightning/
Heat wave/ Sunstroke/ Tornado/ Whirlwind/ Heavy rainfall/ Boat accident/ Drowning /snakebite,
they will be entitled to receive the ex-gratia assistance under State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF).
The State Government is taking all type of necessary precautionary measures to aware and tackles the
severe heat wave situation in the state. In order to fava the drought situation in the State , necessary
precautionary measures are also being taken by the Government. The State govt. has formed one Drought
monitoring Cell in OSDMA ( Odisha State Disaster Management Authority) for management of Drought
Situation in the State.
