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Assam villages being washed away

Kishalay Bhattacharjee

Saturday, July 05, 2008, (Morigaon)

It's a desperate emergency for the villagers in Assam's Morigaon. The Brahmaputra washes away hundreds of hectares of land there everyday gradually washing away entire villages.

Buragaon is one such village where every five minutes a chunk of earth falls into the river. Since 1988, 130 villages have gone under water.

Jamuna is one such villager who has been rendered homeless by the river.

It's barely a month into the monsoon and 300 people have already lost their home and occupation in the area.

"Bighas of land disappear everyday. Where will the people live and what will they eat," said Jamuna.

Morigaon is the worst hit area in the state where the Brahmaputra has been eating into the land continously.

" This panchayat has only one village left, but money has been coming in the name of the panchayat...wheres all that fund going to? In the last few years atleast 150 crores have come here , do you see signs of any work?" said Kamal Hasan Choudhury a resident.

No embankments have been built or reinforced in Morigaon in the last twelve years. Government departments in charge of the area were not available for comments.

Desperate residents are now planning a prayer meeting for some divine intervention.

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