Bhubaneswar, Dec 16 (TIWN) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sanction houses to the cyclone Fani affected families in the state under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G).

In a letter to the Prime Minister, the chief minister said that the state has identified, geo-tagged and Aadhaar seeded 7.87 lakh houses in 14 districts affected by the cyclone in May, 2019.

"The beneficiaries may be brought into the permanent wait list of PMAY(G) and considered for sanction of PMAY(G) special houses, Patnaik said in the letter issued on December 15.

The move will not only provide relief to the affected families, but also ensure safe housing to rural families to withstand natural calamities in the cyclone prone areas, the chief minister mentioned in the letter.