Assam: Water Resources Department Redirects Dibang River on its Old Course

TINSUKIA: After continuous efforts from the water resources department, the Dibang River was finally redirected to its old course. The river had changed its course, causing massive flooding and soil erosion in the region.

During the monsoons, the Dibang River went on spite. It took a new course through Banhbari village of Sadiya joining the Brahmaputra at the Hatighuli locality of Saikhowa and causing massive soil erosion in the region.

This changing of course by the river and the associated soil erosion had led to the damage to thousands of bighas of farming lands and hundreds of houses have been damaged by the floods. Both the Water Resources Department of the state government and the Brahmaputra Board of the central government worked tirelessly towards bringing relief to the local people.

It can be noted that the project faced long delays as the people of the Amarpur village of Sadiya were against the turning of the river to its old course. But after much delay, the authorities were finally able to carry out the project. Because of this, a large part of both Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts will now be safe from possible large scale soil erosion.

Meanwhile, even as the flood situation has improved to an extent in the state, the Brahmaputra is flowing above danger levels at three stretches. According to the evening report of the CWC (Central Water Commission), the Brahmaputra continues to flow above its danger levels at Neamatighat in the Jorhat district, Tezpur in the Sonitpur district and Dhubri in the Dhubri district.

Barring Guwahati, the water level of the Brahmaputra is falling. The river is steady in Guwahati. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Guwahati, Assam witnessed heavy rainfall at Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar and Lakhipur in the past 24 hours. The RMC predicts heavy rainfall with lightning in a few places of Chirang and Kokrajhar districts. According to ASDMA (Assam State Disaster Management Authority), the floods have affected 137 villages in five districts in the state. The districts are Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Sivasagar and Sonitpur. As many as 13,853 people are under the grip of floods in the state.

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