[Assam] Rs 225-cr flood control project for NE approved

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Rs 225-cr flood control project for NE approved
 NEW DELHI, Aug 25 – In an attempt to prevent losses from the yearly flooding in the North East, the government yesterday approved a Rs 225 crore flood control and anti-erosion project in the Brahmaputra and Barak valleys.

Briefing newspersons after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA), Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi said the project would be taken up by the State Governments concerned at a cost of Rs. 205 crore and by Brahmaputra Board at a cost of Rs. 20 crore during the current 10th plan. 

“The scheme would protect life and properties of the people and installations from natural calamities like flood, and erosion caused by rivers Brahmaputra and Barak in the North eastern States, including Sikkim and West Bengal (North Bengal),” he said. 

Almost the entire North East and North Bengal face the fury of Brahmaputra and Barak rivers during monsoons, wreaking havoc each year. 

Centre had provided a total of Rs 390.94 crore as Central loan assistance and Rs. 10.09 crore as grant-in-aid to Asom Government from 1974-75 onward up to March 2000 for executing flood control schemes in the Brahmaputra basin. – PTI
 		
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