BHUBANESWAR: The extremely severe cyclone Fani has damaged infrastructure worth `524.35 crore in 53 urban local bodies (ULBs) of different districts.
According to a preliminary estimate of the State Government, `162.76 crore will be required for repair of 750.44 km road damaged by the cyclone. Official sources said 27 Aahar centres in 22 ULBs have been damaged and `16.2 crore will be needed to repair these. Similarly, `29.64 crore will be required to repair 291.124 km of drain damaged in the ULBs.
The cyclone has also damaged 267 culverts for which `9.06 crore will be required for repair. The assessment report of the Government said `136.46 crore will needed to put the sewage system back in place in the ULBs.As water supply has been severely hit in the affected ULBs, `124.13 crore will be required for the restoration of the services.
