DIBRUGARH: Fresh erosion brought on by the Brahmaputra was witnessed within the Koilaghat space of Dibrugarh on Saturday amid the continuing work being carried out by the water sources division to forestall the catastrophe.
The officers stated the erosion befell on a brand new stretch alongside the river financial institution, practically 50 metres downstream, the place the realm was hit only a week in the past.
Dibrugarh deputy commissioner Biswajit Pegu rushed to the realm to assess the scenario and directed the officers to mobilise males and machineries to forestall the river from gobbling up the land. The stretch hit by the recent spherical of erosion was already fortified by geo-bags, which had been laid a 12 months in the past. Considering the emergency scenario, Pegu additionally ordered officers to shift the native residents dwelling alongside the banks close to the Dibrugarh Town Protection (DTP) dyke to a safer location.
“The erosion is taking place on the soil accumulated on top of the geo-bags. Earlier Type-A geo-bags were used that were smaller in size, measuring 0.75 metre to 1 metre.
“After due session, I’ve directed officers to use mega luggage and Type-C geo-bags, that are a lot greater in dimension and fairly efficient in opposition to erosion. We are assured that these measures will efficiently management the erosion. Moreover, a everlasting answer will be taken up to management the erosion alongside the Brahmaputra earlier than the monsoon,” Pegu stated.
The officers stated the erosion befell on a brand new stretch alongside the river financial institution, practically 50 metres downstream, the place the realm was hit only a week in the past.
Dibrugarh deputy commissioner Biswajit Pegu rushed to the realm to assess the scenario and directed the officers to mobilise males and machineries to forestall the river from gobbling up the land. The stretch hit by the recent spherical of erosion was already fortified by geo-bags, which had been laid a 12 months in the past. Considering the emergency scenario, Pegu additionally ordered officers to shift the native residents dwelling alongside the banks close to the Dibrugarh Town Protection (DTP) dyke to a safer location.
“The erosion is taking place on the soil accumulated on top of the geo-bags. Earlier Type-A geo-bags were used that were smaller in size, measuring 0.75 metre to 1 metre.
“After due session, I’ve directed officers to use mega luggage and Type-C geo-bags, that are a lot greater in dimension and fairly efficient in opposition to erosion. We are assured that these measures will efficiently management the erosion. Moreover, a everlasting answer will be taken up to management the erosion alongside the Brahmaputra earlier than the monsoon,” Pegu stated.
