Ahead of Monsoons, Assam CM Sonowal Inspects Under-Construction 23.38 km Range Embankment at Kaziranga

Guwahati: With the threat of floods looming large in Assam with the approaching of monsoons, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday inspected the under construction 23.38 km Moriahola to Agoratoli range embankment at Kaziranga National Park.

In a video that the Chief Minister uploaded on his social media accounts, a masked Sonowal can be seen taking stock of the situation at the construction site. Sonowal, meanwhile, has been informed by officials that the work shall be completed by May 30 next.

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Sonowal uploaded the video with the caption, "Along with fighting COVID-19, the Government is gearing up for flood challenges and in this scenario, our national parks and wild animals always figure at the top."

It is pertinent to mention here that The Assam government is yet to receive the already approved additional Central grant of Rs 616.63 crore under NDRF (National Disaster Response Fund). The approval was given during a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on January 6, 2020.

This amount was to be utilized for various works related to the floods/landslides/cloudbursts during the southwest monsoon in 2019. Following the huge damage to infrastructure across the State that year, the Assam government moved the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) for the additional Central assistance. A Central team also assessed the ground situation in Assam last year when numerous lives and property in the crores was destroyed.

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