bhubaneswar chief minister naveen patnaik directed officials to ensure zero casualty as odisha braces for very severe cyclonic storm titli which is expected to touch ground at about 530 am on thursdaythe storm is expected to make landfall between gopalpur in odisha and kalingapatnam in andhra pradesh said imd sourcesat least seven coastal and interior districts like gajapati ganjam khurda nayagarh puri jagatsinghpur and kendrapada districts are likely to be the worst affected most of the districts would receive heavy to very heavy rainfall under the influence of the cyclonetaking stock of the preparedness at a highlevel meeting the chief minister directed to evacuate people from low lying areas to cyclone shelters in five coastal districts naveen also directed to provide cooked food to evacuated people and to ensure proper sanitation measures and power supply at the cyclone sheltersbriefing reporters after the meeting chief secretary ap padhi said the aim of the state government in tackling disaster is to ensure zero causality we are fully prepared and ready to face any eventuality departments have been asked to cancel leaves of all government employees and to recall those who have already proceeded on leave padhi told reporterspadhi said engineering departments have been asked to clear roads immediately after passage of the cyclonic storm also instructions have been issued for immediate restoration of power and drinking water supplyas flood situation looms large because of subsequent rainfall padhi said the state government has deployed 10 teams of national disaster response force and eight times of odisha disaster rapid action force for the relief and rescue operation fire service personnel have also been pressed into actionasked whether the state government has sought assistance of army and air force for the relief and rescue operations padhi said the state government is in constant touch with the centre to tackle the situationso far we have not sought assistance of army or air force if needed we will request the centre for it said padhibriefing reporters special relief commissioner bishnupada sethi said the control rooms at the statelevel and districtlevel will be functioned round the clock to keep a close watch on the situation and to offer necessary assistancein october 2013 naveen had earned international accolades for successful management of cyclone phailin by evacuating over 10 million people to safer places in a record timeaccording to imd sources the very severe cyclic storm will cause destruction of thatched houses in to be affected districts while extensive damage to kutcha housesthere will be potential threat from flying objects bending and uprooting of power and communication poles breaking of tree branches and uprooting of large avenue treesalso the rain triggered by flood may cause major damage to kutcha and pucca roads the storm and rainfall will also cause widespread damage to standing crops plantations and orchards