Silchar: Residents of Silchar, South Assam City, are annoyed by eternal floods during the rainy season, have demanded direct steps to overcome the problem.
Heavy rain for the past 24 days has flooded most Silchar, which remains flooded for days.
The authorities of the City Council of Silchar launched an eviction encouragement where a number of concrete shops and gates were illegally built on the sewer on Wednesday and Thursday, said the Executive Officer of the Silchar Board and CEO of the District Disaster Management Authority, Jessica Lajus.
The population has also submitted a memorandum to an official who came to check the situation.
President Grahak Surakha Samiti and the citizens of this city BIPLOB Kumar Goswami said construction / road repairs without holding on scientific guidelines and road encroachment was the main reason behind waterlogging in particular.
Apart from this, the absence of the right drainage system must also be blamed, he said.
Haridas Dutta, Secretary General Nagarik Swartha Raksha Sangram Parishad, said the water channel was full of garbage that had to be cleaned so that the water flowed smoothly.
Silchar clamours for solution to waterlogging
