Dibrugarh DC Pallav Gopal Jha sets deadline for action plan to mitigate urban floods

DIBRUGARH: Deputy Commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha has set November 15 as the deadline for preparation of a specific action plan to address issues related to urban flooding in Dibrugarh Municipal Board (DMB) area following a direction received from the Urban Development Department, Government of Assam.

In a meeting held at the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner's office on Tuesday, DC Jha also constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Executive Officer, DMB, Ranjit Konwar to monitor the preparation of the action plan and also finalize the scope of works to be included in the action plan. He also directed Deputy Director, Town and Country Planning to prepare a master plan for a drainage system of Dibrugarh town and adjacent areas in consultation with PWD Road and Water Resources Department, so that the same can be included in the plan.

After thorough discussion, it was decided to include other related works such as installation of pump sets at several locations in the town along with Jalan Nagar TE, widening of culverts and Hume pipes, construction of new drains and extension of Titadimaru Dyke with regulatory gates, which were identified earlier in the urban flood action plan as solutions to urban flooding problems of the town.

Earlier this year, areas falling under Dibrugarh Municipal Board witnessed severe urban flooding between June 24 to July 2 after which an assessment was carried out by the district administration to identify the various factors contributing to the flooding and a stakeholders' meeting was held to analyze the short and long-term measures to be taken to address the urban flooding issue and later an assessment report was submitted to government. Based on it, the Urban Development Department has now directed the Dibrugarh Deputy Commissioner to submit a specific action plan to mitigate the urban flood issue in Dibrugarh town.

The meeting was also attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner, (Disaster Management), Dipu Kumar Deka, Assistant Commissioner, Jay Shivani and heads of other government departments.

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