Guwahati (PTI): A red alert was sounded in Upper Assam's Lakhimpur district as an embankment was washed away by the mighty Brahmaputra river inundating a large number of villages, official sources said on Thursday.
The 100-metre stretch of the state-of-the art Matmora embankment which was constructed using the geofabric technology at a cost of Rs 140 crore was washed away by the gushing water of the Brahmaputra yesterday, they said.
Flood Control department sources said that an enquiry will be ordered as to how the embankment built by a internationally reputed Malaysian company for a stretch of five km was washed away.
As a result nearly 300 villages with a population of more than 14,000 were affected with the East Dhakuakhana, Matmore, Kherkota, Dangdhara, Dimoruguri, Kekuri and Dholpeta gaon panchayats inundated by flood water.
As heavy rains lashes the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra and possibility of further rise in water level the Lakhimpur district administration sounded the red alert and the BSF personnel deployed for rescue operation.
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