Resentment prevails among the river engineers here over the persistent pressure from a powerful lobby in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for use of geo-bags to resist Brahmaputra erosion in Palasbari-Gumi and Dibrugarh. It needs mention here that the State Government is working on a scheme to protect Palasbari, Bankuwal (Kaziranga) and Dibrugarh town with an ADB loan.
The State Water Resources Department (WRD) has proposed revision of the Brahmaputra danger level (DL) for Dibrugarh town so far as the flood vulnerability of the town is concerned. The town has at present 104.24 metres set as the DL for the river.
The erosion and flood-hit citizens of the districts of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia have decided to drag the State government to Court if the former failed to respond with immediate remedial measures.
DIBRUGARH, May 18: Scientific disposal of biomedical waste eludes Dibrugarh despite the setting up of an incinerator at Assam Medical College (AMC) here. The only institution currently using the facility is AMC itself.
