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58 cr for waterways devp in Barak Valley
From our Correspondent SILCHAR, Sept 24: After making survey of the flood ravaged seven Assembly constituencies of Cachar, Sontosh Mohan Dev, Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, told a crowded press conference at the Congress Bhavan today, “The floods this time have been unprecedented in which every family of this valley overtly or covertly has been affected. Breaches, 74 in all, across Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi have contributed towards the natural disaster”. Besides, sluice gates have not been strengthened for more than 20 years, he added. Water-logging is chronic and perpetual, causing immense misery to the urban population in the towns. Dev attributed high floods to huge siltation in the Barak and its fallout on its major tributaries and town drainage channels which aggravated the drainage congestion. With a view to overcoming the problem of high floods and related issues, Dev said the Water Resource Department has been directed to plug the breaches along the entire embankment network of Barak Valley with fire-fighting urgency. WRD has prepared a comprehensive plan for renovation of all defective sluice gates with modernised technology for smooth operation of the locking and opening systems. Dey revealed Inland Waterways Authority of India has already planned to develop the waterways of Barak and Jushlala from Lakhipur to Kushiara. The IWAI has framed up an estimate of Rs 58 crore for the purpose of development of channels for navigation with the required minimum waterways of 40 metre width and 1.5 to 2 metre depth along with construction of four terminals at Lakhipur, Silchar, Badarpur and Bhanga, he said.
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