Naveen Patnaik deputes three IAS officers to monitor flood situation

BHUBNESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday deputed three senior bureaucrats to monitor the flood situation in

Rayagada

,

Jajpur

and Bhadrak.

Development commissioner

R Balakrishnan

had been given the charge of Jajpur district while forest secretary

Suresh Mohapatra

would monitor the situation in Bhadrak.

Similarly, home secretary Asit Tripathy has been asked to look after the relief and restoration works in Raygada district.

Naveen has asked all the three bureaucrats to visit their respective assigned districts tomorrow and submit report to the chief minister about the ground situation in the flood ravaged areas.

Meanwhile, briefing reporters here on the flood situation, special relief commissioner

Bishnupada Sethi

said the situation in Bhadrak and Jajpur is improving fast as there is no rain in these districts since Tuesday.