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Flood water washes away Matmora dyke [1]

A red alert was sounded in Lakhimpur district as the 100-metre stretch of the state-of-the art Matmora embankment, which was constructed using the geo-fabric technology at a cost of Rs 140 crore, was washed away by the gushing water of the Brahmaputra yesterday, reports PTI.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati) [2]
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Brahmaputra [3], Monsoons [4], Natural Disasters [5], Floods [6], Assam [7], Lakhimpur (D) [8]
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