Sonowal sanctions Rs 2 lakh for anti-erosion measures
From our Staff Correspondent
DIBRUGARH,July 17: More than 20 villages under Larua Mouza in Dibrugarh District faces extinction due to unabated flood and erosion of Buridihing river. Dibrugarh MP Sarbananda Sonowal today visited the Pani Miri Village under Larua Mouza and assessed the situation arising out of flash flood.

BICHOLIM, JULY 6

Rampura (Sabong): Residents of an obscure West Midnapore village do something every year that the government should: prepare for floods in advance. Rampura village is flooded by the Keleghai river every monsoon, often several times in a year. Drained of funds and energy at having to rebuild their mudhouses every time they get washed away, the villagers don't build them now. They make tin-roof houses with walls of bamboo bark. During winter, they wrap the walls with tarpaulin sheets to keep the wind away.

Mumbai, July 2 A day after Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak cited to Mumbaiites the example of the people of The Netherlands who "have learns to live with floods', diplomats from the The Netherlands pointed out tersely that the Dutch had overcome the devastating floods of 1953 and could quite easily offer Mumbai's administrators some advice on how to tackle the elements.

At a time when alleged corruption in construction of dykes and embankments in Assam is in sharp focus, it has now come to light that the Water Resources Department is starved of funds that could be released on time for execution of crucial work. Well-placed sources have revealed that the Department has been facing acute shortage of funds, which has led to its increasing dependence on other government departments and a resultant delay in implementation of various schemes.

NARAYANPUR

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday said the city government is fully equipped to meet any challenge of flood. She said the flood control order 2008 has been issued and the central flood control room has also become operational. The chief minister charred a meeting of the top committee for flood control 2008 on Friday. Divisional commissioner Nutan Guha Biswas will function as the convenor secretary of the committee, which will meet by the last week of June.

Missouri Army National Guard soldiers fortified a levee with sandbags in Clarksville, Mo. In some towns, residents smiled as they saw the water creep back down the walls of homes and makeshift barricades. Frantic sandbagging efforts stopped in places like Quincy, Ill., and Winfield, Mo. But for many it was a temporary reprieve as they braced for another crest of water.

The Flood Control Order-2008 was issued on Friday and the Central Flood Control Room made operational by the Delhi Government in order to meet any exigency arising due to floods in the Capital.