From Our Correspondent
Guwahati: Total 12 people including members of a medical team and crew members on board a boat clinic have remained stranded amid the surging waters of Dibang River.
One of the main channels of mighty Brahmaputra River in easternmost Assam’s flood-affected Tinsukia district , after the bottom of their motor-boat (S B Swaminathan) hit the river bosom due to heavy flood-time siltation. The boat clinic had gone to provide medical aid to villagers of an isle called Amrpur in Tinsukia district.
The boat hospital belongs to the Centre for North East Studies and Police Research (C-NES) that operates 15 such boat clinics in thirteen of the districts in Assam with aid from National Rural health Mission.The C-NES has requested the district administration for help to rescue those on board the stranded boat clinic.
A senior official in Tinsukia district informed that National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were attempting to reach those on board the boat clinic stranded in the river near Amarpur Island. The people on board are safe.
C-NES’ boat clinics provide medical treatment to lakhs of poor inhabitants in numerous river isles located in the mighty Brahmaputra River.
Boats are the only mode of communication for the dwellers who survive on agriculture activities.
