United Nations praises Orissa for cyclone management

The United Nations has praised the Orissa governments effective management of cyclone Phailin,which hit the states coast on October 12.

“Orissas handling of the cyclone will be a landmark success story in disaster management,” Margareta Wahlström,Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction,said,according to an official in the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaiks office. Wahlström spoke to the CM on the phone,the official said.