Senior Government Officials Survey Flood-Prone Areas In City

GUWAHATI: A team of senior Government officials led by Principal Secretary, Guwahati Development Department, Maninder Singh along with Deputy Commissioner, Kamrup Metropolitan District Biswajit Pegu, Commissioner GMC, CEO GMDA, and other officials from DDMA, GMC, GMDA, NHAI, PWD (R), carried out a survey of the progress of flood mitigation works by different departments underway in flood-prone areas of Guwahati city.

According to a press release, the high level team on Saturday visited flood-prone areas like Khanapara, VIP Road, Satgaon, Narangi, Bonda, etc, and reviewed the flood mitigation work undertaken and also directed the departments concerned to expedite the desiltation/ excavation and cleaning activities of all the natural water channels in and around Guwahati, including major and internal drains around the city and plan for long term measures to mitigate the city’s artificial water-logging problem.

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