Assam orders permanent repairs after Brahmaputra erosion damages embankment

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Assam Finance Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah inspected the erosion-hit Jamuguri area in Lakhimpur district on Tuesday after severe Brahmaputra erosion damaged an embankment section at Latabari late Monday night. Large cracks also appeared along other stretches. Officials, residents and the Water Resources Department worked overnight on emergency protection measures, using geo-bags, earth and sand, the Times Now reports.

Mallabaruah ordered continued emergency work, a technical survey of the damaged and vulnerable stretches, and a cost estimate for permanent restoration and strengthening. He said the area faces strong hydraulic pressure near the Subansiri and Brahmaputra confluence. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma spoke to residents by phone and promised government support.

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Descriptions of a disaster being averted should not become a substitute for durable flood protection. Emergency materials can hold a weak stretch, but they do not address recurring erosion near a river confluence. The useful test is whether the promised survey produces a public plan, cost estimate and timeline, and whether the embankment survives the next high-flow season without another emergency repair.

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