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Assam flood victim returns to ruined home, fears repeat
A homemaker in Assam's Sivasagar town returned to her flood-hit home on Sunday, 20 days after fleeing with her two daughters, to find wedding photographs ruined, her late mother's dinner set scattered…
The Story in Brief
A homemaker in Assam's Sivasagar town returned to her flood-hit home on Sunday, 20 days after fleeing with her two daughters, to find wedding photographs ruined, her late mother's dinner set scattered and study tables toppled. Nasiman Zaman said ankle-deep water still stood inside the house. She told PTI that about 15 relatives are sheltering together at her sister-in-law's place. Her husband, a government employee, was in Guwahati when water rose chest-high on July 21.
Zaman said drainage has narrowed due to road and bridge construction, and pumping is inadequate. She stressed that safety is the biggest blessing, but residents need assurance that such havoc will not recur. The locality, which never saw floods before, still has stagnant water, she said.
The Indian Opinion
The temptation in flood coverage is to count bodies and crores, then move on. Zaman's plea cuts through that: she wants drainage fixed, not sympathy. Officials will call this an act of nature, but she points to narrowed culverts and new roads. That is a testable claim. Watch whether Sivasagar's civic body audits its drainage before the next monsoon. If it does not, the same photos will surface again, and the same assurances will ring hollow.
Source: indiatoday.in
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