Orissadiary, Oct 18, 2013
Report by Prachee Naik, Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Kalahandi district - once the cause of global embarrassment for India due to its high number of starvation deaths - today stands tall with a five-fold increase in its rice production since 1999. Even during the worst crisis of Odisha, the district supplied rice to Phailin affected areas of the state. The Special Relief Commissioner P K Mohapatra has said that brown rice from Kalahandi district is being supplied in the affected areas of the Ganjam. Brown rice of 4 lakh quintal quantity and financial aid of Rs 40cr will be provided to over 8 lakh families in Ganjam. The Ganjam district collector has assured that the relief work will be completed in the next 5 days. A sum of 10cr has been sanctioned for repairing of institution buildings in Ganjam district.
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