Estimated number of paan farmers across Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Balasore and Bhadrak districts that have been severely impacted by cyclone Fani. “Millions of green betel leaves in many paan farms have been ruined by the heavy rains accompanied by high velocity winds of Fani. Betel leaves are either now rotting or have been bruised. Lakhs of betel vines are scattered over the ground due to incessant rain and wind,” according to Pravakar Das, a betel grower of Gobindapurr in Jagatsinghpur district.