Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Water water everywhere.

image courtesy : Heart Dibrugarh.( member )
With flood situations worsening in the state, people's lives have become a menace, with water rising in the river beyond the critical point, in the past 24 hours the Assam government has held an emergency meeting with the Assam State Disaster Management Authority ( ASDMA ).
According to the latest information from water resource departments, 2 embankments have been breached, one in Dhemaji and the other in Sivasagar dist.
Many people have been reported missing, when a boat overturned on Tuesday. The water resource department officials said that the water level at Desangmukh in Sivasagar dist. on Tuesday morning was flowing 1.62 m. above the danger level. ( Highest recorded water level in the Brahmaputra in the are since 1988 ). The water level in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia is normal, but rising in Jorhat dist.

With best wishes,
The Dibrugarh Online Team.

Raining Money ?

Image courtesy Yahoo images.
There is a saying in Assamese : Poisa Pani nisina khoros nokoriba, But the situation changed when piles and piles of Rs 1000 and 500 notes were found flowing in the river Brahmaputra, near Sapgaon, Guwahati. 
                Many people were seen jumping into the river to try their luck, and many were seen satisfied with more then lakhs of rupees flowing in the river, it was a worth seeing situation in Guwahati. The incident occurred on the 25th of this month.

With best wihes,
The Dibrugarh Online Team.