Form committee to protect embankments: Sonowal

CM directs Water Resources department to inspect 1,200 embankments for repairs

BY OUR STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI, July 30: Chief Minister Sarbanda Sonowal has directed Chief Secretary VK Pipersenia to constitute Embankment Protection Committee to avert breaches in any embankment.

At a high level meeting at his office conference room here, Chief Minister Sonowal said the committee will be constituted comprising engineers, experts, youth organisations, NGOs, clubs and socio-cultural organizations, so as to help avert breaches in embankments with timely intervention.

Sonowal asked the Water Resources department to go in for thorough and in-depth inspection of the condition of around 1,200 embankments covering a stretch of 5,000 km so that strengthening and repair of old embankments can be carried out.

The Chief Minister directed officials of the Water Resources department to conduct proper inspection of the embankments across the State and submit project estimates within August next, so that revetment of the embankments can start from September onwards.