Kimi (Arunachal Pradesh), Oct. 15: There will soon be light at the end of the tunnel, literally. Engineers of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) Limited are just 3km away from breaking out
For more than 20 villages on the east bank of Jia-Bharali river in Naduar, Sonitpur, covering 10 kilometres from Chalanighat to Cheunichook, erosion has been a perennial problem since 1950. More than 10
Guwahati: Flood situation has remained grim in total six revenue circles of Assam’s Sonitpur and Golaghat districts where a number of villages and tracts of crop lands were still under water for the second day on Thursday.
TEZPUR, July 25 – After inundation of a large area in greater Panchmile area by flash floods followingt incessant rains during the last one week, both flood and erosion have posed a serious problem to
The Naduar region in Sonitpur district has been one of the most neglected areas in the State, according to the people here. One of the main causes of this opinion has been the indifferent attitude of the Government towards the checking of erosion caused by the Jia Bhoroli river. The citizens of greater Naduar have vehemently criticised the State Government for it failure to check the erosion of cultivable land of the people residing near the Jia Bhoroli river, though successive Governments in the State have claimed to have spent more than Rs 15 crore from the exchequer in the name of flood-protection measures. Till date, more than 5,000 hectares of cultivable land have been washed away by the mighty river. People living in the areas near the river
