A day after Cyclone Fani, most of coastal Odisha goes without electricity
Nearly 10 million people in coastal Odisha grappled with the inconvenience of disruption in power and water supply and telecommunication services due to Cyclone Fani. The Odisha government stepped up efforts to restore critical infrastructure devastated a day after the super storm hit the state with a wind speed of over 200 kmph.
Most of coastal Odisha, including the state capital capital, Bhubaneswar, went without electricity for the second day today with the power supply network being worst affected by the calamity after more than 100,000 electricity poles were uprooted by the storm.
“For the districts of Puri and parts of Khurda where the electricity infrastructure has been totally devastated, we have the challenge of having to set up the entire electrification afresh,” said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
