Government attitude towards flood victims condemned Embankments which were breached during the last devastating floods in 2007 in Barak Valley have become a cause for concern among the people as the rainy season is not far off. MN Dutta, aditional chief engineer of the Water Resource Department of the valley, while speaking at the 19th foundation day of the Institution of Engineers here on Sunday on the theme Flood problem of Barak Valley and its solution, said that during the last nine decades, the region has been hit by the floods more than 16 times, affecting the economy adversely. He revealed that in all, 96 breaches had occurred during the last natural calamity along the embankment of the Barak. However, till date, no steps have been taken to plug them. He, however, pointed out that a detailed report has been sent to Dispur, which in the meantime, got the approval of the State Government. Adequate money has been sanctioned from the Calamity Relief Fund and work on plugging the damaged embankments is expected to begin this month. The detailed project report, Dutta said, was prepared by former chief engineers of the Water Resource Department