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GAURISAGAR: Members of Swagatom, an NGO of Gaurisagar in Sivasagar district, and a team of journalists on Wednesday visited the flood-hit Rupahimukh area, the western part of Sivasagar district under Sivasagar revenue circle of no.103 Amguri LAC.
The NGO team was led by its adviser Dr Angsumita Gogoi and president Beauty Dutta while the team of journalists included Padum Kumar Saikia, president of APCU, Sivasagar district committee, Rajib Dutta, secretary of Gaurisagar Press Club, and others. They visited the flood-hit area and exchanged views with the affected people. The NGO distributed biscuits, soaps and bleaching powder among the affected people. The affected people expressed strong resentment before the media team for utter negligence of the riverine people by the State machinery.