DIBRUGARH, July 15: The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) on Monday took to National Highway-37 in Banipur in Dibrugarh district on Monday in protest against waterlogging on the highway.
The stretch of NH-37 passing through Banipur area has been submerged in water for over 25 days. People have been forced to wade through knee-deep waters to move around town.
The AASU members raised slogans against the BJP government and the newly formed Dibrugarh Municipal Cooperation(DMC) for failing to solve the waterlogging problem of Dibrugarh.
“The NH-37 is under water for the last 25 days. The people are suffering due to the waterlogged highway. This highway connects Tinsukia and Arunachal Pradesh. The district administration has failed miserably to flush out the water from the NH-37. The people are having a tough time due to the waterlogged street,” said an AASU member.
He said, “Due to the hopelessness of the concerned department, the people of Dibrugarh are suffering. The departments have been blaming each other and due to that, the problem has not been solved. Earlier, we have witnessed waterlogging but this time it has created a record,”.
“We warned the DMC and other concerned departments to take immediate steps to solve the waterlogging problem. If they fail to solve the issue within the stipulated time, we will intensify our movement,” the AASU member said.
Due to incessant rain for five hours, Dibrugarh streets were again waterlogged. Waterlogging has become a ‘curse’ for the people of the city because the people have to suffer the most during the rainy season.
Recently, the members of the Chatra Mukti Sangram Samiti (CMSS) took to NH-37 in Chabua town in Dibrugarh district with fishing nets in hand as a symbol of protest against waterlogging on the highway.
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