Haflong/Guwahati, May 24 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday visited areas of Dima Hasao ravaged by flood and landslides and said infrastructure developed in the last five to ten years in the hill district has been largely destroyed by the natural disasters.
He assured local people of providing all the assistance from the state government as well as the Centre to redevelop the infrastructure and making efforts for alternative communication links to several parts of the district, which have been cut off due to landslides.
Speaking to reporters here, Sarma said, We have seen that roads are badly affected and it seems that reconstruction of roads will be difficult in many places. Irrigation and water supply infrastructure, power facilities and bridges have been damaged.
Almost all developmental work that was done in the district in last five to 10 years has been damaged, he added.
Dima Hasao was the worst-hit district in the first wave of flood in the state this year as connectivity was disrupted from mid of May.
Road links that have been damaged are likely to be restored within the next few weeks, and train movement connecting Dima Hasao and Barak Valley of the state, and neighbouring Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur with the rest of the country is expected to resume from July, an official said.
Reinstating mobile phone network is also another challenge before the authorities.
Death toll rises to 25, 6.5 lakh hit
The flood situation in Assam has slightly abated on Monday even though the death toll rose to 25 as one more person died and over 6.5 lakh people remained affected by the deluge across 22 districts, an official bulletin said.
According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), one person in Silchar of Cachar district was lost to floodwaters.
With this, the total number of people losing their lives in this year's flood and landslides has gone up to 25 across the state, it said on Monday.
ASDMA said more than 6,50,400 people are hit due to floods in Barpeta, Cachar, Darrang, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Hojai, Jorhat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong West, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur and Udalguri districts.
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Source: PTI
