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Secretary & Director, Disaster Management visit flood-affected areas

5th Sep 2018 09:09:PM State

PASIGHAT, Sep 5: Secretary, Disaster Management, Bidol Tayeng, and Kanto Danggen, Director, Disaster Management Department, GoAP, visited the flood-affected villages of Mebo sub-division along with local MLA, Mebo, Lombo Tayeng, today.

Three officers from NDRF, the Executive Engineer (WRD), T. Jamoh, Dy.

Director of Agriculture, Y. J. Lego, i/c Circle Officer (Namsing), B Yirang and DDMO, Genden Tsomu also accompanied the team during the

visit.

The team visited the river erosion banks at Borguli, Seram, Namsing, Ralling and Sigar villages. They interacted with the victims and flood-affected people of these villages. The Department of Disaster Management has sanctioned Rs. 15 lakhs for the houses damaged in the flood.

The Deputy Commissioner, East Siang, T. Tatak, has also been asked to

immediately assess the damages of the agricultural land and crops because of the floods. The team couldn’t reach some of the flood-affected areas like Partung riverine Island due to the turbulent current in Siang River.

Meanwhile, Siang River has recorded a decline in water level, though it is very insignificant. The Siang River water has been found carrying heavy

sediments and silts, leading to the deposit of sediments causing

diversion of the river towards the left bank which is threatening

Borguli, Seram, Namsing, Sigar, Raling villages, etc.

Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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