HT Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, March 5: Massive erosion by Brahmaputra river is posing a serious threat to the Dibrugarh Town Protection (DTP) dyke and the historic Dibrugarh town.
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The people of Dibrugarh are in panic after the huge land mass behind Dibrugarh Gurudwara was gobbled up by the mighty Brahmaputra.
The DTP dyke is just less than 10 meters away from the erosion area. The erosion has affected a huge land mass behind Dibrugarh Gurudwara area from Saturday.
Meanwhile, Dibrugarh district administration has taken all precautionary measures to control the erosion.
“The erosion started heavily from Saturday. Within a few hours, huge swaths of land were washed away into the river. The erosion has been posing a serious threat to the DTP dyke, which is just a few meters away from the river Brahmaputra,” said a resident of Dibrugarh.
He said, “After the 1950 earthquake the Brahmaputra has changed its course and the river comes closer to the Dibrugarh Town. Earlier, the river was far away from Dibrugarh town”.
The Dibrugarh Town has been facing the threat of soil erosion for the last several decades but still no permanent solution has come out.
Dibrugarh MLA Prasanta Phukan and Dibrugarh DC Biswajit Pegu reached the spot to take stock of the situation.
“The Water Resource Department which was carrying out the anti-erosion measures has failed to control the erosion from Brahmaputra river. They failed to understand the character of river Brahmaputra. They should take the help of some experts who know the river well. Every year, due to erosion huge hectares of land mass were washed into the river and people became homeless,” said Abhijit Roy, a resident of Dibrugarh.
He said, “We want a permanent solution from erosion. If the erosion continues then one day the Dibrugarh town will be wiped out. Scientific permanent solution is needed to combat the marauding erosion from river Brahmaputra.”
Phukan said, “Geo bags and mega bags technology were used to control the erosion. Since Saturday, massive erosion has started in this area. We will take all precautionary measures to control the erosion.”
Due to erosion, the existence of the Dibrugarh town is in threat. The people of Dibrugarh are in constant panic after they heard the erosion news.
