In all these fourteen districts, Kutcha houses have been seriously damaged. Even pucca houses could not escape the havoc caused by cyclone and flood.

The heel has let loose, its entire fury in the state of Orissa, with a terrible roar of the gale wind and precipitated the catastrophe due to tidal waves to the height of 7 to 8 meters in the districts like Puri, Jagatsinghpur and devastating flood in the districts of Bhadrak, Jajpur, Balasore, Cuttack, Kendrapara due to torrential rain.

More than fifty per cent of the population in Orissa are experiencing the nightmare of the nature’s fury and subsequent human callousness.

It has caused widespread damage to educational institutions; minor canal, lift irrigation and water harvesting projects, roads and communication links have been shattered.

Orissa has been dragged behind two decades, its economy has been shattered and totally an otherworldly panorama has been created due to the unthinkable tragedy of recent time.

It is beyond the means of a poor state like Orissa to sustain the loss of such huge magnitude. It requires sufficient funds to meet the challenges of rehabilitation and reconstruction. The Central government should come forward with sufficient funds in forms of grants to meet the situation. But, unfortunately the government of India has not even declared the calamity as National Calamity and sufficient funds in terms of grants have not been provided with.

The role of the state government in the direction of rescue, relief and rehabilitation is not satisfactory. Its men and material organisation is in shambles.

The apathy of the central and state government has further added to the misery of the suffering people.

Under these circumstances, in order to assuage the anguish and to resuscitate the normal pursuits of the life, CPI(M) State Committee of Orissa propose the following steps to be taken, on war footing and to create confidence in the minds of the people withstand the trauma inflicted due to the cyclone.

 The Natural Calamity of Orissa be declared as National Calamity and the central government take all financial responsibilities of re-construction, rehabilitation and re-building of the state’s economy. There should be moratorium on payment of all loan dues by the state to centre for a period of 5 years. Necessary Act to be enacted to create separate fund for relief and rehabilitation.

The areas of Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Puri, Ganjam, Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Gajapati and Nayagarh districts which were declared as cyclone and flood affected areas should be treated as affected areas while distributing relief and undertaking re-construction and re-building.

An amount of Rs.1.00 lakh (Rupees one lakh) should be paid as compensation for each dead and missing persons. This amount be paid through bank cheques to the next kin of the deceased. Those were permanently disabled be paid @ Rs.50,000/- and all those injured be paid @Rs.10,000/- towards compensation along with free medical treatment.

All those people who have lost their houses be provided with cheap pucca buildings. All Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe families be provided with houses under Indira Awas Yojana. Those who were living on government lands should get this housing facilities too. Assistance at the rate of Rs. 10,000/- be given to the people whose houses are partially damaged.

Full compensation should be given for the loss of Cattles, poultry, duckery, piggery, goatery and other domestic animals.

All the farmers should be provided with free seeds, (Kharif, Ravi) fertilizers, pesticides and fruit bearing plants freely.

All the lands, which were over flooded with saline water and covered with sand, should be cleared for cultivation on free of cost by the government. Irrigation and Lift Irrigation tax should not be collected from the affected farmers for a period of 3 years. The peasants and the rural artisans be provided with loans with long term simple rates of interest.

All the damaged Lift Irrigation Points and which were out of order are to be repaired in war footing. New lift points and bore wells are to be installed without any delay for supply of water for "dalue" and Rabi crops. Wherever necessary, ‘Cross Bundhs" are to be erected on rivers in order to supply water for Daluo and Rabi crops.

People should be provided with full compensation those who have lost their cash crops, fishing boats, fishing nets and other tools. Fishermen should be provided with adequate amount for their boats and nets.

Social forestry programme should be undertaken involving cyclone affected people in order to protect the environment.

Sufficient funds should be pumped to start "Food for Work" programme immediately. Before rainy season, all the embankments, breaches, roads, bridges be repaired on a war footing.

All affected people should be provided with 30 kg. rice and 20 kg. wheat per month for a period of one year under TDPS programme. The physically disabled and old people should be provided with food.

Special nutritional programme should be undertaken for Children, Pregnant women and old men and women.

All the damaged and demolished Schools, Colleges, Primary Health Centres, Tahsil, Block Offices, Community Halls should be re-constructed in a time bound programme.

Students of cyclone and flood affected areas should be exempted to pay all kinds of fees including examination fees. Students of these areas should be provided with free books and study materials.

The youth of the affected areas who have incurred loans under various self-employment schemes should be exempted to pay the installments. All the youths those have applied for loan under PMRY should be provided with loans immediately.

In order to protect the people in the coastal belt of Orissa, a 15 metre high Coastal Highway be constructed from Digha to Gopalpur. This 480 kms long coastal belt should be covered with casurina jungle with a breadth of 1 km.

Cyclone protected shelters be constructed in all panchayats in the coastal belt in order to protect the people during cyclone and tidal waves.

The cyclone of Orissa has cut off the affected districts from the rest of the world. Hence, an advanced communication system be provided to all the block and tahsil headquarters to link with the state head quarters.

The entire relief operations of the state should be monitored by all party committee constituted at all levels from state to gram panchayats.