Fani Disaster Management: Odisha CM Shares his Experience to Millions of Viewers

Bhubaneswar: Cyclone Fani…A name to be remembered in history for its notoriety and destruction, has also shown that we can overcome one of the biggest natural catastrophes if we have the will and determination.

Fighting a gigantic Cyclone and restoring the aftermath is not a mean feat. But we have done it successfully. All the efforts of Odisha to evacuate more than a million people and providing relief and restoration was one of the biggest efforts in the history of the state and country. The whole process of evacuation of a million people has been documented by none other than the world’s most respected National Geographic Channel. The show titled Mega Cyclone Fani: Rescuing a Million, captures on camera how the State administration saved a million lives just 24 hours before Cyclone Fani devastated the coastal areas.

Seen in the Documentary of Cyclone Fani, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik explains the secret of successfully managing the catastrophe. With the well documented feature, the world has seen how a million people could be evacuated with a planned manner within 24 hours. The show also captures the how the authorities demonstrated the disaster management preparedness that resulted in saving over a million people. National Geographic Channel has showed the most crucial hours prior to the landfall in the documentary Mega Cyclone Fani: Rescuing a Million.

While the program has been shoot in the ground zero, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has enlighten the viewers on the success of the evaluation process. Not only the Indian media, the international media has appreciated the State’s evacuation process during Fani and the relief and rescue operations in the aftermath. Nat Geo’s show is another testimony to the success of the leadership of the State.