Protective barriers are being built to prevent floods and erosion by Brahmaputra River at Nimati Ghat in Assam
Over 350 people in Assam's Jorhat District are toiling hard at Nimati Ghat to construct a barrier to prevent flooding and erosion. The construction work is being carried out through the combined efforts of the Jorhat District administration, Water Resource Ministry, and Assam Government. Every year the overflowing waters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries destroy thousands of hectares of standing crops and agricultural lands in the villages in Jorhat, and Majuli. The government is taking necessary steps to minimize the damage.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Jorhat District), Ramesh Jain said, " Now it has been seen that after the water resource ministry took measures by using poly bags and other things, the erosion has been controlled considerably and the river has changed its channel. It's a good sign that the threat to Jorhat town has been wiped off.
Nimati Ghat is the main lifeline of the people residing in Majuli. Around 4000-5000 people make use of the waterway everyday to travel. This year, the overflowing Brahmaputra River has almost eroded the entire Nimati Ghat and it now poses a threat to the lives and property of people residing in close by areas and in Jorhat.
"If this work wouldn't have been undertaken now, the Jorhat town would have been in danger. The work started on 5th and since then there has been no erosion," said a local constructor Deva Prasad Das.
For places situated on banks of the river, monsoons cause severe problems like floods and erosion. However, the construction of protective barriers will safeguard the life and property of the villagers.