Beyond shelter in a storm, Odisha eyes sturdier homes, power and trees | India News, The Indian Express

Beyond shelter in a storm, Odisha eyes sturdier homes, power and trees | India News, The Indian Express

By Thomson Reuters Foundation |Bhubaneswar |Published: June 15, 2019 1:13:10 pm

Beyond shelter in a storm, Odisha eyes sturdier homes, power and trees

Around Odisha, more than half a million homes were damaged, close to 1.5 million trees uprooted, and much of its energy infrastructure was destroyed.

A bird’s eye view of the destruction caused by Cyclone Fani, a day after its landfall, as part of the aeriel surveillance by Coast Guard Dornier aircrafts to assess the damage caused by the cyclone, in Puri, Odisha. (PTI)

Six weeks after the eastern state of Odisha was battered by the strongest storm since 2013, officials are considering how to build back damaged homes and power networks to better withstand future wild weather, as well as protecting the coast with trees.