Water Resources Minister Piyush Hazarika visits Nimatighat

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JORHAT: State Water Resources, Information and Public Relations Minister Piyush Hazarika on Sunday said that more porcupines would be put in place to control erosion at Nimatighat here.

Hazarika, who was taking stock of the embankment buttressing work at Nimatighat, said that bullhead, geobags and porcupines were being constructed to check erosion and more porcupines would be put into place. He further said that the embankment was not too damaged and was 70 per cent capable of staving off floods. He assured that the embankment repair work would be completed before the monsoon.

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