Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought help from the centre for Odisha in view of the large-scale destruction by Cyclone Fani in the coastal areas of the state.The letter mainly sought relief for construction of houses given the widespread destruction caused by the severe cyclonic storm earlier this month."I would request you to kindly consider sanctioning 5 lakh (houses) under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Special houses initially for the state of Odisha. As was mentioned during the presentation made on May 6, I reiterate our request for waiver of the Permanent Wait List (PWL) criterion for this particular allocation and also consider a Centre-State fund sharing pattern of 90:10 as a special case," the letter read.The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief also said that his government is currently working on a detailed house damage assessment and would soon come out with a report."According to preliminary estimation, about 5 lakh houses have been .
