Around 80,000 people living in Manikchak are in panic with rains bringing to halt anti-erosion work along a 4km stretch of the Ganga.
Heavy rain last night inundated low-lying areas in Malda district and increased water levels in many rivers.
People of Domhat in Manikchak have rued that the anti-erosion work started just one week back when the monsoon was about to set in.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/rain-stops-anti-erosion-work-villagers-panic-river-rises-malda
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maldah
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ganga
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-erosion
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mahananda
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhagirathi
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farakka-barrage
