Assam: Tinsukia Department Takes Temporary Measures to Mitigate Soil Erosion

DOOMDOOMA: The current round of floods in the state has created a lot of problems for citizens in multiple districts across the state of Assam. As an emergency procedure to prevent further soil erosion on the banks of the Brahmaputra, the Tinsukia district administration has placed geo bags filled with sand on the banks of the river.

The Brahmaputra River has caused considerable soil erosion in the Felai- Naukata locality of the Nabarmura Goan Panchayat under the Saikhowa Block of the Doomdooma Revenue Circle. This has put the embankment protecting the region from the flooded Brahmaputra river at risk of being washed away.

In order to protect the embankment from any further erosion, the authorities have taken a temporary measure of loading geo bags with sand and piling up the same on the river bank. This step has been taken for about 40 meters in length of the embankment. The district administration is working round the clock on this project to ensure the safety of the embankment.

Meanwhile, local MLA Bolin Chetia also visited the location and took stock of the situation. He mentioned that scientific research will be undertaken to ensure a permanent solution to the problem of massive soil erosion in the locality. He also mentioned that a major problem has been created because of the changing of course by the Dibang River and said that the situation could have been worse if the full force of the river had come on the new course.

According to the evening bulletin of the CWC (Central Water Commission) published on Tuesday, the rivers flowing above their danger levels in the state are the Brahmaputra at Dhubri, Guwahati, Tezpur, and Neamatighat; Beki at Road Bridge in the Barpeta district; Disang at Nanglamuraghat in the Sivasagar district; Dikhou in Sivasagar in the Sivasagar district; Subansiri at Badatighat in the Lakhimpur district; Gaurang at Kokrajhar in the Kokrajhar district; and Sankosh at Golokganj in the Dhubri district.

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