Assam Governor visits erosion-hit area, relief camps in Chirang

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BONGAIGAON: Assam Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi on Friday visited erosion-hit Thulsijhara area near Hagrama bridge in Chirang district and took stock of preventive measures being taken by the Water Resources department at the site.

After physically inspecting the entire erosion-hit site where sizable portion of land has already succumbed to erosion, the Governor talked with the BTC Principal Secretary Siddhartha Singh, Chirang Deputy Commissioner Gautam Talukdar and top officials of the Water Resources department present at the site about the emergency measures adopted for preventing further erosion. As such, informing the Governor about the protective steps, the Deputy Commissioner and Water Resource department officials said that they had accorded top priority to contain the erosion and engaged workforce as per requirement. The Governor directed them to carry out stabilization work on a war footing.

The Governor also visited relief camps set up at Malipara ME School and Dongapeta LP School under Bijni revenue circle and interacted with camp inmates to know whether they were being provided adequate food, other relief materials, including drinking water and medical facilities, regularly by the local administration.

In view of the COVID- 19 pandemic, the Governor asked the DC to follow the new guidelines of Assam State Disaster Management Authority for relief camp management to prevent the spread of coronavirus among the flood-affected people. He also asked the DC to arrange adequate space among the inmates in relief camps. He also asked him to ensure supply of good quality relief materials among the camp inmates, including baby food.

While talking to media persons, expressing his satisfaction over the distribution of relief materials among the relief camp inmates, the Governor said, "I am quite satisfied with the relief distribution process of the local administration as the inmates in the relief camps have said they have enough food items and have been provided drinking water facility and medical facilities."

Answering to a query on the solution to the problems of flood and erosion in the area, he said that from his side he would take up the matter with the Central Government for sanctioning fund for permanent solution to such problems. He further said that he had decided to work for those people who usually lose their lands every year due to erosion.

Prof. Mukhi also hailed the resilience shown by the people of Assam in this twin catastrophe who rendered all possible cooperation to the State Government to deal with the situation.

Principal Secretary, Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Siddharth Singh, IGP, BTAD Anurag Agarwal, Chirang Deputy Commissioner Gautam Talukdar, Superintendent of Police Sudhakar Singh, other senior officials of district administration and district heads of various departments were present at the time of the Governor's visit.

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