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DIBRUGARH: Union MoS Rameswar Teli on Monday visited the erosion-affected Koli ghat area in Dibrugarh to take stock of the situation. Teli accompanied with BJP leaders, visited the affected area and assured of all help to control the erosion. Talking to media persons, Rameswar Teli said, “The erosion has been started in the area for last 15 days but it heavily affected the area on Saturday. A total of 220 metres of land were washed away into the river due to massive erosion. Three types of geo-bags were used to control the massive erosion.”
“The Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika already directed the department to take immediate measures to control the erosion. The mega bag technology was used to control the marauding erosion,” Teli said.
He further added, “The historic Dibrugarh town is under threat due to the massive erosion and huge swath of land masses were washed away into the river. The Water Resources department has been working to control the erosion and if needed, we will talk to New Delhi for protection measures.” The DTP dyke is just less than 10 metres away from the erosion area. Massive erosion has affected huge land masses behind Dibrugarh Gurudwara area since Saturday. According to experts, the river course of Brahmaputra has been changed suddenly. This is one of the reason for massive erosion.
Meanwhile, geo-bags, mega-bags and c-type bags were used to control the massive erosion.
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