Declare Assam Flood A National Calamity: Congress Leader Pradyut Bordoloi

GUWAHATI: Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Nowgong, Pradyut Bordoloi has urged the governmnet to declare Assam Floods as a national calamity.

Further the MP has also urged the governmnet to increase the central aid by the government.

Taking to his Twitter handle the MP worte, "Ahead of the Monsoon Session, I have written to my colleagues in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, raising the issue of annual flood devastation in Assam and urging that the plight of our people be taken up in Parliament across state & party lines."

In his letter, Bordoloi said, "I am writing to you all in the wake of the devastating floods my home state of Assam is witnessing. Within a span of a month, Assam is seeing its second wave of flooding, far more severe in nature in comparison to floods in the past decades, along with severe riverbank erosion."

He added, "Given the nature and scale of flooding in Assam, and that it involves the larger question of river-basin management, the role and support of the Union Government is key. The comprehensive tackling of flooding and riverine erosion, cannot be left to the meagre resources of a single state like Assam. As per data provided in the Lok Sabha (Q.2668/14th Dec 2021), no funds were released under NDRF to Assam in the years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2021-22. In 2020-21, while the State Government sought Rs 2642.99 crores for restoration works, only a mere Rs 44.37 crores was released."

The MP added, "In this context, I draw your attention to the long-standing plea to declare flooding in Assam as a national calamity because this perennial problem of Assam has to be addressed holistically."

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