Wednesday, April 28, 2010

AIUDF appeal to PM to protect Dhubri from Brahmaputra River

By TCN News,




New Delhi: All India United Democratic Front President Badruddin Ajmal has appealed to the Central Government as well as Assam Government to take urgent measures to protect the embankment in Dhubri district from the River Brahamputra. Otherwise, 2.5 lakh people will be rendered homeless and the district will have an open watery border with Bangladesh.



AIUDF President yesterday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh besides Union Home Minister, Finance Minister and Water Resource Minister and Assam Chief Minister and reiterated his demand for urgent and emergency protection at Assaemer/Kaler Alga area in Dhubri district of Assam.



If emergency measures are not taken within 10 days, the left out 10 meters distance from embankment and fencing will be submerged by River Brahmaputra. He informed that the ultimate result will be an open border with Bangladesh and loss of homes for 2.5 lakh people.



http://twocircles.net/2010apr28/aiudf_appeal_pm_protect_dhubri_brahmaputra_river.html

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