State Government acted casually : Jual Oram
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Correspondent
SHRI Jual Oram,
Union Minister for Tribal Affairs while speaking at
a press conference after visiting the cyclone hit coastal
areas of Orissa, expressed surprise over the way the
Chief Secretary of the State was allowed to proceed on fifteen days
leave at a time when the State was in the midst
of its worst ever disaster. He said, the State Government and
the bureaucracy have responded casually to this nature's fury.
He said, the Centre extended all possible help to the
State to deal with the situation arising as a result of
the super cyclone that hit coastal districts of
Orissa, killing thousands and marooning an equal number. "We
should not waste time over quibbling on whether the
disaster that struck Orissa is a national calaminity or not", he opined.
He said that the Prime Minister has already pronounced this calamity
as the "National Calamity" of rare severity and has mobilised entire
country in coming to the aid of the State.
The Minister was unhappy over
the way the State Government failed to avail of
the help pouring in from various parts of the
country. He further added that the Gujarat Government has deputed disaster experts
to help the State in disposing off bodies and carcases. Shri
Jual Oram claimed that the experts from Gujarat came along with
necessary chemicals, but were not deployed for three days.
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