Insight Bureau: The Odisha Government has decided to provide Sanitary/Hygiene kits to women and young girls in the flood affected areas after a media house highlighted their plight yesterday.

Padmanav Behera, the Joint Special Relief Commissioner has directed the Collectors of Khordha, Puri, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Nayagarh, Balasore, Bhadrak, Keonjhar and Boudh to instruct the CDMOs to procure sanitary kits on an emergency basis and distribute those to women and girls in the marooned areas.

The cost of those sanitary kits will be donpatoe by the SRC out of SDRF.

Meanwhile, the Kendrapara District Administration has already started distributing sanitary napkins produced by Mission Shakti SHG Women to the women/girls in flood affected areas in the district.

Sanitary Napkins distributed to flood affected women in Bichana village of Garadpur. Our "Nari"(ନାରୀ) brand Sanitary Napkins produced by @mission_shakti women of Kasturba Federation of Rajnagar Block supplied them. Other flood affected areas will be covered too. @PradeepJenaIAS pic.twitter.com/cj6RESwrCE

— Collector and District Magistrate Kendrapara🇮🇳 (@dmkendrapara) August 21, 2022