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Army kept in readiness for Assam floods
Guwahati, July 06: Army has been kept in readiness to assist the civil administration in flood-hit Dhemaji district of Assam where thousands of people are reeling under the impact of the waters of the swelling Brahmaputra and its tributaries.
Guwahati, July 06: Army has been kept in readiness to
assist the civil administration in flood-hit Dhemaji district
of Assam where thousands of people are reeling under the
impact of the waters of the swelling Brahmaputra and its
tributaries.
Flood minister Nurzamal Sarkar told a news agency here today that though the army had not yet been pressed into service, the
district administration had asked the army to get ready to
help in rescuing and providing relief to the flood victims.
Sarkar said the floods were not due to the rain in Assam
but heavy showers in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh and
Meghalaya, situated above the state causing flash floods here.
The flood situation in Dhemaji continued to be grim
with the rail tracks washed away by the river changing its
course there and reconstruction works were on for a new rail
route, the minister said.
“An alternative road communication had been worked out for
movement of light vehicles following river Jiadhol breaching
the national highway in several places,” he said.
Besides relief camps opened in Dhemaji, Sarkar said, relief materials had been sent to the flood affected districts and doctors along with medicines deployed to provide health care to the people there.
Bureau Report
Besides relief camps opened in Dhemaji, Sarkar said, relief materials had been sent to the flood affected districts and doctors along with medicines deployed to provide health care to the people there.
Bureau Report