GUWAHATI: Assam government has issued flood alert in four eastern Assam districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji following reports about possible artificial floods in river Brahmaputra in Assam due to ‘collapse’ of the barrier lake which was formed on the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet on Friday afternoon due to massive landslides.
Assam Chief Minister Sonowal has instructed the administrations of the four districts which may be affected by the possible floods. District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMAs) and other concerned agencies have been directed to remain on alert authorities and take necessary measures to mitigate the possible disaster.
According to a press communiqué, already six teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have left Kolkata towards Dibrugarh. The teams are expected to reach in time tackle any plausible disaster.
Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Sonowal has talked to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over the telephone regarding the issue of possible artificial floods that may affect the State. It was learnt that China as alerted the Government of India over the development in at the source of the Brahmaputra River.
It may be mentioned that Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are set to face a major disaster as the barrier lake which was formed on the Yarlung Tsangpo has breached on Friday afternoon, and Siang and Brahmaputra rivers are expected to face huge water flow during the next couple of hours.
Meanwhile, following high alert of floods due to massive landslides in Tibet, around 210 to 220 households in Sixty-Five area, 17 km from Pasighat in East Siang district and 65 km from Along in Arunachal Pradesh, have been evacuated by the district administration of East Siang on Friday.