Landslide Triggered by Rain Damages House in Guwahati's Panjabari

With torrential rains lashing several parts of Assam since Saturday, yet another landslide has been reported in Guwahati
Landslide Triggered by Rain Damages House in Guwahati's Panjabari

Guwahati: With torrential rains lashing several parts of Assam since Saturday, yet another landslides in Assam has been reported from Guwahati city, this time in the city's Panjabari area's Bishnunagar. The landslide, reported around 6:30 in the morning, caused extensive damage to the house of one Dhananjay Debnath, a local resident.

"It is a matter of great grief. Early in the morning around 6:30 pm. A person who lives further up the hill had constructed a wall. The wall broke which damaged my kitchen. The utensils are lying under the debris and so are two LPG cylinders. I am fearful. I have somehow cut off the electricity, but the cables are jutting out", Mr Debnath said in a video.

This is one among numerous such incidents in the city, where over 2 lakh people who live atop hills are shivering in fear. Yesterday also, another similar incident was reported from Geeta Nagar hills, where a newly-constructed wall of a school collapsed, leading to widespread panic in the locality.

The boundary wall of the Pragjyotish Primary School located in the Geeta Nagar area of the city collapsed on Sunday, giving rise to panic among the local populace.

Thankfully, no one was injured as the school has been closed down due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown. The collapse of the school wall at the Gharmara Satra Path in Geeta Nagar damaged the houses of local residents Jeevan Nath and Pankaj Goswami.

Ironically, the damaged wall had only been constructed recently and locals have alleged that the accident occurred because sub-standard materials had been used in the construction of the wall.

Meanwhile, flood-prone Assam has already been hit by the first wave of flash floods in the aftermath of the first spell of heavy rain this year. According to the Government's daily report, 30,000 people are facing floods in the districts of Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Darrang and Goalpara. 127 villages have been affected and 579 hectres of crop land are already submerged under water.

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