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There is forecast of more rainfall to add to the flood woes in Guwahati. According to the Guwahati meteorological centre, heavy rains would lash Guwahati during the last 12 hours. Heavy downpour accompanied by thunderstorm is likely to hit the premier north eastern city now caught in massive water logging in many areas.
There seems to be no end to the monsoon misery for the Guwahatians. Rainwaters are wreaking havoc again in the parts disrupting normal life on Monday.Many areas in Guwahati have come under the rainwaters following the incessant rains that lashed the city for the last couple of hours.Massive waterlogging on the GS Road, RG Baruah Road near Bhangagarh, Christianbast, Chandmari have forced the vehicles to stay off in the morning.Anil Nagar, Lachitnagar, Nabin Nagar, Tarun Nagar got some relief on Sunday as the weather improved a little bit. But these areas have again come under the rainwaters on Monday giving the local residents more misery.
Stages are set. Dispur is all out against illegal settlers in the Guwahati hilltops and wetlands. The Kamrup district administration has set up nine teams of government officials to remove the illegal settlers in the hiltops fearing recurrance of landslide tragedy in near future.To be headed by executive magistrate apart from GMC, GMDA, revenue department and police, the teams are touring the vulnerable areas to force the settlers leave their houses.
Caught in a Catch-22 situation, chief minister Tarun Gogoi has asked the Centre to expedite the steps to set up the proposed Brahmaputra River Valley Authority to firmly deal with the perennial flood problem. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gogoi said that Dispur has cleared the decks to set up BVRA in 2012. But the proposal has been pending before the Centre for the last two years. Sources told Assam Times that the Centre wants political representation of the north in the proposed BRVA in view of the failure of the Brahmaptra Board in the absence of political leadership.
Caught in a barrage of criticism for rain water havoc in Guwahati , Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has asked the Kamrup metro district administration to launch eviction drive against encroachments in the wetlands and hills areas in the city. Chairing a meeting of the Kamrup metro district administration officials on Sunday evening he said that the hills and wetlands must be cleared of encroachment as soon as possible. After the meeting the authorties agreed to launch an eviction drive on Monday morning.
The Kamrup metro district administration has asked all illegal settlers in the hills areas to immediately leave their places to get rid of the recurring landslide problems where 4 people were killed on Friday wee hours. The decision was taken after the Kamrup metro district administration held a meeting with chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday evening. The district administration has already identified 376 vulnerable areas in the hills areas in Guwahati. If ned be, the chief minister has asked the district administration to set up refugee camps.
Stunned by widespread criticism in the time of flood and landslide in Guwahati, chief minister has cleared a slew of measures to deal with the issue firmly. After holding a crucial meeting with the Kamrup (metro) district administration on Sunday evening, Gogoi has asked the authorities to clear the rivers Bharalu, Bahini, Sorusola, Borsola, Silasaku immediately. He further asked the Guwahati Municipal Corporation to clear the roads and drains in the city within the next 24 hours. Gogoi started dealing with these firmly after rainwaters wreaked havoc in many parts of the city.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi sent Chandan Brahma’s resignation letter to governor suggesting him to accept it immediately a day after the transport minister put in his papers. Talking to reporters in Dispur on Saturday, Gogoi said that Brahma’s resignation won’t have any adverse impact on his government. “ It wont harm our government. It was his own decision to quit and I have nothing to say. But it would benefit the Congress,” said Gogoi. Notably, Brahma resigned on Friday a day after BPF decided to severe its alliance with Congress.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has raised doubts over NDA government’s sincerity on the infiltration issue in Assam. Talking to reporters on Saturday, Gogoi said that the issue of Bangladeshi immigrants eluded minister for external affairs Sushma Swaraj’s talks in her Dhaka visit. “Why the party, which threatened to push back the immigrants after May 16 failed to properly raise the issue in Bangladesh? That’s why, I have doubt over NDA government’s sincerity in this issue,” said the chief minister. On the land Indo-B’esh land deal the chief minister said that the NDA government’s stand is not clear. “I still do stick to the deal. BJP was dead opposed to it. But, of late, I have noticed some...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Saturday that he is not in the possession of the IIT report on artificial floods in Guwahati. Talking to reporters in Guwahati, Gogoi said that he would ask the water resource department to ensure the receipt of the report prepared by the IIT experts on the waterlogging in Guwahati.
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