The annual "Bhoot Mela" or the Ghost Fair has convened in the embankments of Kamala River in Nepal on Wednesday with thousands of people attending the fair.
Speaking to ANI after a press conference, Hazarika said, "MHA has given Rs 692 crores under the leadership of Home Minister Amit Shah to develop wetlands into reserves, to bring water from rivers... It will be a game-changer. We are also laying geo mega tubes besides our old embankments."
According to details, Chishtian city is facing severe flooding as the Sutlej has swollen to dangerous levels. The strong river currents have triggered rapid erosion, while protective embankments at Motianwala Pattan and Moza Azeem have collapsed.
In Pakistan's Punjab province, specifically in Kasur, the water flow at the Ganda Singh Headworks exceeded the "exceptionally very high" flood level on Friday, crossing the 385,000 cusecs mark, described as the highest in three decades.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioners of Hoshiarpur, Tarn Taran, Kapurthala, Ferozepur, and Fazilka, along with senior officers from the Drainage Department, including Executive Engineers and Superintending Engineers. Principal Secretary Krishan Kumar and Chief Engineer (Drainage)
The Minister for Water Resources in Assam, Pijush Hazarika, conducted a comprehensive one-day visit to Tamulpur district today to assess the advancement of various significant embankment projects within the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR).
The annual "Bhoot Mela," or the Ghost Fair convened in the embankments of the Kamala River in Nepal on Friday, with thousands of people attending the fair.
Nepal on Thursday observed the third day of Chhath, the festival of benediction to lord "Surya" making offerings to the setting sun on the embankments of Narayani River.
Swatantra Dev Singh inspected the embankments in Nagla Varan, where an alert has been issued after the recent heavy rains, to ensure they were prepared for any flooding.
Amid a disastrous situation in Assam due to floods, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday alleged that the BJP government is repeatedly giving embankment projects to the same contractors who have built faulty embankments.
According to the Morigaon District Administration, "The flood situation in Assam's Morigaon district is still grim as more than 55,000 people have been affected by the deluge. Thousand of villagers are now taking shelter on embankments, and roads after the flood waters entered into their hom