Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt on Thursday submitted a preliminary damage assessment of Rs 2,526 crore to the visiting Central team and separately sought Rs 10,000 crore for creation of permanent, disaster-resilient infrastructure, special relief commissioner Rajesh Prabhakar Patil said.The Rs 10,000-crore proposal is aimed at strengthening irrigation infrastructure, bridges and roads so that they can withstand disasters of similar magnitude in future, Patil said.The Central team visited cyclone-affected areas of Ganjam and Gajapati districts to assess the extent of damage. Patil said the team was convinced that the disaster had caused large-scale damage under extraordinary circumstances.He said the Rs 2,526-crore figure was a preliminary assessment and the extent of damage was being evaluated.The Central team, which is in Odisha to assess damage caused by Cyclone Arnab and subsequent floods, met chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi at Lok Seva Bhawan and discussed the situation.The team, led by Union home ministry joint secretary Ravi Shankar, visited affected areas in Ganjam and Gajapati districts before meeting the CM.Majhi told the team that recurring natural disasters such as floods, cyclones and heatwaves were affecting Odisha’s development and stressed the need for permanent mitigation measures. He urged the team to focus in its report not only on assistance for immediate relief and reconstruction but also on long-term solutions.The CM said Odisha urgently needed cyclone- and flood-resilient infrastructure to minimise damage from recurring disasters and ensure that development projects were not repeatedly disrupted.Shankar said the team had witnessed the widespread impact of the floods during its visits to Ganjam and Gajapati. In Ganjam, floodwaters from the Rushikulya river had deposited large quantities of sand across agricultural land, roads, houses, offices and other areas.He said several houses, though not collapsed, had been weakened by the floods. He also underlined the need for long-term desilting of the Rushikulya river and said a comprehensive assessment of the damage would take seven to eight days.