GUWAHATI, March 2 � The Brihattar Chatribari Unnayan Samiti (BCUS) has urged the Government of Assam to complete the eviction operations to free the waterbodies of Borsola and Sarusola beels in the heart of the city at the earliest.
In a memorandum submitted to the Additional Chief Secretary, the BCUS, which has been waging a campaign for the last several years to make the waterbodies in the city encroachment-free, has lamented that though the authorities have carried out several eviction operations in the Borsola and Sarusola, the waterbodies are not yet entirely free of encroachments.
The BCUS alleged that many of the encroachments have been spared for reasons unknown while some encroachers have returned after being evicted. It cited the case of KC Das Commerce College which has blocked the entire 70-foot wide drain for which vast areas in the central part of Guwahati city gets flooded during the rainy season.
Samiti President Hemen Lahkar expresssed concern that the digging operations in the bed of the Solabeel area was very slow and urged the authorities to expedite the matter.
GUWAHATI, March 2 � The Brihattar Chatribari Unnayan Samiti (BCUS) has urged the Government of Assam to complete the eviction operations to free the waterbodies of Borsola and Sarusola beels in the heart of the city at the earliest.
In a memorandum submitted to the Additional Chief Secretary, the BCUS, which has been waging a campaign for the last several years to make the waterbodies in the city encroachment-free, has lamented that though the authorities have carried out several eviction operations in the Borsola and Sarusola, the waterbodies are not yet entirely free of encroachments.
The BCUS alleged that many of the encroachments have been spared for reasons unknown while some encroachers have returned after being evicted. It cited the case of KC Das Commerce College which has blocked the entire 70-foot wide drain for which vast areas in the central part of Guwahati city gets flooded during the rainy season.
Samiti President Hemen Lahkar expresssed concern that the digging operations in the bed of the Solabeel area was very slow and urged the authorities to expedite the matter.
