Guwahati, April 22: The Dima Hasao district of Assam have been facing a severe drinking water crisis this summer due to less rainfall in the hill district.
According to reports, the major sources of water have dried up in the hill district due to shortage of rainfall.
The district gets an annual rainfall of approximately 2,000 mm. Over 50,000 people of Haflong, the district headquarters, alone are dependent on water supplied by the public health engineering (PHE) department. However, for the last three months, most parts of Haflong town didn’t get a drop of potable water supplied by the
PHE.
All the sources of collecting water (rivers and their tributaries and other water bodies) have dried up completely causing a crisis of potable water.
The situation has been further exacerbated by the complete drying up of all water collection sources such as rivers, tributaries, and other water bodies. Earlier, the district could collect around 30-35 lakh litres of water per day, but currently, only about 8 lakh litres of water can be collected.
The Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, had announced an allocation of Rs 121 crore to address the water crisis in Haflong during a cabinet meeting in January 2022.
