Bhubaneswar, April 29: Frequently hit by natural calamities, Orissa government is all set to formulate a climate change action plan for the state.
“We will have a comprehensive state climate change action plan within a month,” Orissa Forest and Environment Secretary U N Behera told reporters after a high-level co-ordination committee meeting for finalisation of draft of the plan.
The meeting chaired by chief secretary T K Mishra deliberated on the reports of 11 working groups which submitted their reports on the climate change action plan.
Stating that the state government had identified 11 fields to deal with climate changes, Behera said Orissa deals with more natural calamities than others.
“While the national climate change action plan is dealing with eight subjects, Orissa’s state action plan on climate change have wider areas,” Behera said.
–Agencies