Assam: Damages to Embankment Pose Risk for Railway Communication

JORHAT: With the rains, the water levels have increased in rivers across the state. In the Mariani region of the Jorhat district, the water levels of the Bhugdoi River have also increased multifold in these days and it has posed a threat to the railway communication between the Upper and Lower parts of Assam.

The rising waters have damaged a part of the embankment that protects a part of the railway bridge that connects both banks of the Bhogdoi River. Any further damage to this protective barricade due to soil erosion could lead to damage to this railway bridge, which will in turn affect the railway communications between Upper Assam and Lower Assam. Trains from Guwahati won't be able to teach Tinsukia or Dibrugarh if any such incident takes place.

It is important to note that the embankment is not even a year old and the damage by the floods has raised several questions among the people of the region regarding the quality of work done for the project.

With the rising water levels, several parts of the state are facing massive soil erosion. The Hatsingimari region of the state is also facing massive problems because of massive soil erosion. Several key infrastructures of the region including the Sukhsor Beparipara Bridge, Sukhsor Higher Secondary School and the health centre in Sukhsor and multiple residences of the region are under fear of being swept away by the rising waters.

Hatsingimari is the headquarters of the South Salmara-Mankachar district of Assam. The Sukhsor locality is just three kilometres from the centre of the district and has been facing massive problems because of soil erosion in this round of flood.

According to local reports, about 5000 families in the region have been affected by the current round of flooding and the resulting soil erosion. Hundreds of bighas of fertile agricultural land have also been destroyed because of the flooding.

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