- Target:
- Prime Minister of India
- Region:
- India
About 12 lakh people in 24 districts of Assam continued to reel under floods as the death toll reached 72 in the state.
Half of Kaziranga National Park was submerged and over 70 animals have died.
Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said that 11,93,458 people have been suffering in 1,795 villages in the 24 districts. The affected districts include Dhemaji, Biswanath, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Darrang, Nalbari, Barpeta,
Bongaigaon, Chirang, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Soputh Salmara, Golapara, Morigaon, Nagaon, Karbi Anglong, Golaghat, Jorhat Majuli, Sivsagar, Charaideo, Dibrugarh, Karimganj, Cachar.
Over 66,516 hectares of agricultural land continue to be affected by floods, the ASDMA report said.
It is known to all that 75 persons have already died in Assam due to the devastating flood.This occurs every year in this state, and create disastrous situation.
Almost 70% of the embankments of the state of Assam are more than 50 years old. Some rivers are to be dredged.All these embankments need renovation. That apart utilisation of new techniques such as Geo cell stop protection system, fibromat etc are essential. So, we the people of Assam feel that unless and until the central government take special initiatives, the afore-mentioned works cannot be accomplished. The woe of the people of Assam can be removed, only by declaring this problem as a national problem.
The central government is therefore requested to kindly take steps to declare the flood problem of Assam as national problem.
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The Save Assam From Flood petition to Prime Minister of India was written by Ananya saikia and is in the category Environment at GoPetition.