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Naidu Announces INR5 Lakh Compensation After Cyclone Arnab

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026 · How we work

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Summary

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced a relief package after Cyclone Arnab killed five people.
Each of the five victims receives INR5 lakh compensation.
Inundated homes receive 25 kg rice.
Fishermen and handloom families receive 50 kg rice and staples.
Naidu wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking central assistance and planned a visit to Konaseema or West Godavari.

History

The 29 October 1999 super-cyclone that hit Odisha – the strongest recorded in the North Indian Ocean – killed 9,887 people and caused $4.44 billion in damage. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee pledged INR3 billion for relief, and foreign aid totaled nearly $13 million. The disaster prompted a national disaster-management framework now used for later storms such as Phailin (2013) and Fani (2019).

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The 29 October 1999 super-cyclone that hit Odisha – the strongest recorded in the North Indian Ocean – killed 9,887 people and caused $4.44 billion in damage. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee pledged INR3 billion for relief, and foreign aid totaled nearly $13 million. The disaster prompted a national disaster-management framework now used for later storms such as Phailin (2013) and Fani (2019).

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