BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday underscored the need for a long term action plan to make power and telecom infrastructure in the coastal areas of the State, which are prone to natural calamities, disaster resilient.
A high level delegation from the power and telecom ministries of the Union Government met the Chief Minister at the Secretariat and discussed restoration of electricity and telecom network in cyclone affected areas. Naveen was happy over the fact that both the Central departments are working in the affected areas in close coordination with State Government agencies to restore power, telecom and banking services. He emphasised on restoration of normalcy in the affected areas as early as possible.