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Assam expert team to visit China to study the management of Yellow River
Guwahati, July 22 (IBNS): To control flood and soil erosion of the Brahmaputra river, Assam government will send an expert committee group to China to study the management of Hwang Ho river which also known as Yellow River and the World Bank will bear the entire expenses of the tour.
The World Bank will extend technical expertise, know-how and funding to Assam government to control flood and erosion of the Brahmaputra and turn the mighty river into that of immense resources.
This was decided in a meeting of the delegation of the World Bank with Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at his office chamber at Assam Legislative Assembly in Guwahati on Friday.
The WB delegation told the Assam CM that taming rivers like Mekong, Mississippi and Brahmaputra pose a great challenge.
“Brahmaputra River cannot be compared to any other river and efforts will be made by the World Bank to bolster the anti-erosion measures initiated by the Government with technical expertise and know-how to turn it into that of immense resources,” the delegation pointed out.
Acknowledging the fact that controlling Brahmaputra River is a Herculean task, Sonowal said the State Government has accorded priority to solving the problems of flood and erosion and help from the World Bank would give the much-needed impetus.
Pointing out to the tremendous water resources potential of the State, the Assam CM said that the State Government wants to make the economic edifice strong, vibrant and resilient by controlling the Brahmaputra.
Sonowal said that many affected people whose land was gobbled up by the Brahmaputra pushing them to penury view the river as that of sorrow.
“The State Government wants to change the negative perception of scores of affected people towards the Brahmaputra River which constitutes the lifeline of the State and turn it into that of happiness and prosperity by according top priority to the problems of flood and erosion,” Sonowal said.
The Assam CM emphatically pointed out that besides building the economic foundation of the State on the vast resources of the Brahmaputra and Barak rivers, the State Government has also accorded priority towards strengthening the Inland Water Transport system.
The Assam government has submitted a comprehensive Assam Flood Erosion and River Management Modernisation Project to the tune of Rs 1500 crore to the Central Government.
The Centre has made an in-depth evaluation of the project and handed over to the World Bank for necessary sanction.
A power point presentation was made by the Water Resources Department on the occasion.
The meeting was attended, among others, by Minister for Water Resources Keshab Mahanta, Chief Secretary VK Pipersenia, Additional Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Commissioner and Secretary to Chief Minister, senior officials of the Water Resources Department and officials of World Bank.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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