GUWAHATI: “On 5.5.2005, tripartite talks had taken place between the Centre, Assam Government and the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU). The Centre had assured in the meeting that the flood and erosion problem of Assam would be declared a national problem. Had the Centre kept its promise, the flood situation in the State this year would not have been so grim.
The Centre’s reluctance to declare Assam’s flood and erosion problem as a national problem only proves how the State is neglected by the Centre,” said Atul Bora (junior), Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) working president at a press conference in Guwahati today.