Maksam Tayeng

PASIGHAT, Sep 26: The Jeepghat Beat office under Anchalghat Range of D. Ering Wildlife Sanctuary here has been inundated by flooding Siang River during this monsoon due to which patrolling staff are sleeping and cooking their food at the watch tower.
Jeepghat Beat Officer, Orin Perme, Dy. FR said,
"The massive soil erosion since few years after water level of Siang river rose due to turbidity during  the year 2017-18 has reduced the depth of the riverbed owing to huge siltation and has caused large scale erosion of the Sanctuary areas. The Beat office comprising 4 room unit barrack with a kitchen, 1 Forest Rest House and 1 Watch tower is also likely to be eroded soon as the river bank has come close to the office which is barely 15-20 mtrs away now."
Perme, adds that construction of flood control boulder embankment at the upper side of the Beat Office would have reduced the pressure of erosion toward the office premises.
The flooding Siang River has already washed away 3 Watch towers and several hundred hectares of plantation and grassland including Sisu plantation has been already washed away. The major habitats of wildlife, especially the best habitat of rare birds, the Bengal Florican have also been washed away. 

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Kenter Joya Riba

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