No. P3NFPE-Odisha/03 - 05/2019
Dated at Bhubaneswar the 11th May,
2019
To
Com. R N
Parashar
Secretary
General, NFPE
North Avenue
Post Office Building
New Delhi – 110
001
Sub: Sanction
of all pending personal claims and allocation
of sufficient funds to Odisha Circle on special ground over and above the budgetary
allotment under Building Maintenance, Technology, TA and Medical head.
Respected Comrade,
As aware, the severe
cyclonic storm Fani or the 'Hood of Snake' tore through the state of Odisha,
becoming of the worst storms to hit the country since 1999. The cyclone brought
winds of more than 250 kmph when it made landfall near Puri on May 3. The storm
caused several deaths, demolished 508467 houses and affected 1.5 crore people
and 8739757 animals of 16659
villages in 159 blocks and 52 Urban
Local bodies of 14 districts and rendered millions of people homeless in the
cities of Puri, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and Khurda. The cyclone left a trail of
devastation in large parts of coastal Odisha, with the seaside areas being the
worst hit.
As per reports received from our Divisional Secretaries,
many post office buildings have been affected warranting immediate civil, electrical
and technological repairing works. In the district of Puri, as many as 300 Post
Offices including 67 Departmental Post Offices have been seriously affected.
The condition of the three Postal Colonies in the capital city of Bhubaneswar
is precarious. Over head water tanks, doors and windows of each quarters have
been damaged. Reports on partial damage and roof cracking, dismantled Sify
Towers, defunct generators / computers / UPS etc are also being received. Even
after one week of the cyclone, many post offices have failed to operate
successfully due to want of electricity and connectivity. As per a rough
estimate opined by the Chief PMG, Odisha Circle, the damage towards PO
buildings may come around 5 crores.
Under the circumstances, Odisha Circle needs additional
funds over and above the budgetary allotment to meet the extra expenditure for
proper civil, electrical and technological repairing / maintenance of the Govt.
property.
Similarly
due to want of sufficient funds under TA and Medical heads, bills since 2014
are kept pending in Odisha Circle. Alone in Berhampur Region, the pending TA
Bill has crossed Rs.50 lakh. Sanction of such pending bills at this critical
juncture will be a great relief to the staff members when entire Odisha is
suffering from the ill effects of Fani and our staff members are in dire need
of money to rebuild / repair their damaged houses and make good the loss of
cultivated lands, orchards and pet animals.
As
such, we would like to sincerely request you to kindly appraise the Directorate
as follows.
1.
To
issue an exclusive instruction to the Chief PMG, Odisha to clear all pending
personal claims of the staff members under TA, Medial, LTC etc as a special
measure and
2.
To
allot the projected expenditure to Odisha Circle without any reduction as a
special case under building maintenance and technology head to meet the extra
repairing / maintenance expenditure.
With regards.
Comradely yours,
(Bruhaspati Samal)
Circle Secretary
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