| Embankment breached, red alert in Lakhimpur |
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LAKHIMPUR, July 1: Hundreds of villages have been submerged as the rising waters of the Brahmaputra breached about a 100-metre stretch of the state-of-the-art embankment at Matmorah that was constructed using the geo-fabric technology. The embankment cost Rs 140 crore. According to sources, about 13,581 families of 220 villages have been rendered homeless as their houses were submerged by flood waters.
The Malaysian company that had taken the construction works of the five-km breach of the embankment could not complete the project allegedly due to intervention of the State Water Resource Department and the district administration. Natural calamities have also affected the work of the project.
Hundreds of
villages in East Dhakuakhana, Matmora, Kherkota, Dangdhara, Dimoruguri, Kekuri and Dholpeta gaon panchayats have been inundated by flood waters. Till filing of this report, the rising water submerged Dhakuakhana Normal School, Dhakuakhana College, Girls’ College, Commerce College and many other educational institutions. One-third of Dhakuakhana town is under water. People of North Lakhimpur subdivision are apprehensive of the rising water level of Dikrong and Ranganadi. The district administration has sounded a red alert in the district.
BSF personnel are busy in rescue operation
Rural Volunteers Centre,Po+Vill-Akajan.
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