Dimapur, July 13 (DIPR): The Yeveto Village under Niuland Sub-Division located on the banks of Zubza River was swamp by the excessive flooding of Zubza River on July 11. The flood which occurs every year has severely affected the entire village this year putting the whole village at risk.
Joint spot verification led by the ADC, Niuland, V. Lovitoly Sema, EAC, Niuland Kelevituo Nisa, Er. Sobou Angami, EE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Er Hotoi, SDO, Irrigation and Flood Control, Er Inaka Assumi, J.E (Power) and Dobash is was carried out at the flood affected Yeveto village. The officials later interacted with the village authorities and the villagers.
The village comprising of 142 households of which 90% of the houses are thatch houses was found to have been affected. Paddy fields, plantations have been destroyed, livestock swept away and many rendered homeless. However, there has been no report of human casualty. The people have been requested to temporarily relocate to a safer area.
Emergency protection works are being taken up at Yeveto village on Zubza River by providing a Coffer Dam and three numbers of bed bars with boulders in wire nets on the personal initiative of Parliamentary Secretary, Irrigation and Flood Control, Jacob Zhimomi, under the supervision of EE, Irrigation and Flood Control to control the flood along the river bed.
The district administration has provided monetary assistance and food materials as immediate relief. Further it is requested of the government/department concerned to take up this matter on top priority basis and to strongly pursue for the early approval of the project so as to permanently mitigate the flood hazards that affect the village every year.
