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Call for permanent protection measures [1]

Severe erosion threatens north-west Jorhat villages
JORHAT, July 22: About 20 km from here, the residents of Neol Gaon and 33 other villages under Dergaon Legislative Assembly Constituency in north-west Jorhat are waging a grim struggle against severe erosion which is threatening to uproot them. The Brahmaputra river, which flows close to these villages, is dangerously poised to breach the strategic dyke running along from Khutiapota check bund to Negheriting-Rangagara.

Publication Date: 
23/07/2008
Sentinel (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Soil Erosion [3], Natural Disasters [4], Floods [5], Assam [6], Jorhat (D) [7]
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