A massive demonstration took place in front of the Odisha State Secretariate building on 23rd November 2013 demanding that the Phailin Cyclone and disaster should be declared as National Calamity and relief paid to the affected. The demonstration was organised as per call of the CPI(M), Odisha State Committee. State Secretary Com. Janardhan Pati inaugurated the same.
The cyclone and high waves have seriously affected 1.5 crore people in 18 out of the 30 districts of Odisha. agricultural crops in 25 lakh acres have been destroyed. 9 lakhs houses have been destroyed. It is estimated that there has been more than Rs. 20,000 crore loss.
The massive rally demanded that the Central Government should immediately allot Rs. 5,000 crore from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) to the state for relief work.