All line departments of Dima Hasao are directed to submit flood preparedness, quick response plan at the earliest

 

Haflong, 16^th June,
2021:  Concentrating
on Dima Hasao district centric issues faced during rainy season, Deputy
Commissioner Paul Barua instructed all the line departments to submit the flood
preparedness and quick response plan to the DDMA at the earliest.

 

A
meeting on flood preparedness was held on 16^th
June 2021 under the chairmanship of Paul Baruah, Deputy Commissioner cum
Chairman of District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Dima Hasao with the
nodal officers of all the line departments SP, Jayant Singh, ADC, Asst
Commissioners from DC office and SDO (C) Maibang, DPO, DDMA in presence of
officials appointed from Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA),
Project Officers, Ankur Bikash Dev and Maharana Choudhury.

 

Briefing
about the new government guidelines in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, various new
instructions to be followed while setting up of relief camps were appraised by
the ASDMA officials. This included a space of 7 sq m i.e 75 sq ft per person to
ensure social distancing, 7 litres of drinking water per person per day,
bio-toilets separate for male and female, regular sanitization, child friendly
space ensuring children’s hygiene, registration counters with medical
officials, follow COVID-19 protocol, covid appropriate behavior and other
issues.

 

Various
discussions were made pertaining to difficulties faced during the heavy rain in
this district that mostly indicated of landslides and slight flash flood.
Unlike the other districts, flood is not much prevalent in Dima Hasao and the
maximum devastations caused to the people in this district in both urban and
rural, including farming land is due to landslide. Livestock and other issues
faced by the farmers were appraised by the official from veterinary and animal
husbandry department.