With the 'extremely severe' cyclonic storm 'Fani' fast approaching the east coast, the Odisha government on Thursday issued the control room phone numbers for 30 districts in the state. A massive operation is underway in the state to evacuate lakhs of people from the coastal areas in view of the impending storm.
At least 14 Odisha districts - Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Balasore, Bhadrak, Ganjam, Khurda, Jajpur, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Gajapati, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal and Keonjhar - are expected to bear the brunt of the storm, which is also likely to impact Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
The control room numbers in 30 districts are-
1) Angul--06764-230980
2) Balasore--06782-262286/ 262647
3) Baragarh--06646-232112
4) Bhadrak--06784-251881
5) Bolangir--06652-232452 2309696
6) Boudh--06841-222023
7) Cuttack--0671-2507842 9337419494
8) Deogarh--06641-226843
9) Dhenkanal--06762-226507 221376
10) Gajapati--06815-222943
11) Ganjam--06811-263978
12) Jagatsinghpur--06724-220368
13) Jajpur--06728-222648
14) Jharsuguda--06645-272902 271692
15) Kalahandi--06670-230455
16) Kandhamal--06842-253650 -255602
17) Kendrapara--06727-232803
18) Keonjhar--06766-255437
19) Khurda--06755-220002
20) Koraput--06852-251381
21) Malkangiri--06861-230442 06861-231372
22) Mayurbhanj--06792-252759
23) Nawarangapur--06858-222434
24) Nayagarh--06753-252978
25) Nuapada--06678-225357
26) Puri--06752-223237
27) Rayagada--06856-224062 224082
28) Sambalpur--0663-2412407
29) Subarnapur--06654-220362
30) Sundargarh--06622-272233