[Marxistindia] Devastating floods in Assam Central and State governments failing to provide relief

[news from the cpi(m)]

July 20, 2020
Press Statement
 
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
 
 
Devastating floods in Assam
Central and State BJP governments failing to provide relief
 
The third wave of floods, in Assam, a more devastating one, has seriously
affected the life and livelihood of more than 35 lakh people. Already 84
people have lost their lives. More than 3000 villages of 24 districts are
damaged by land erosion by the mighty Brahmaputra, Barak and their
tributaries. The flood has damaged 1.27 lakh hectares of cropped area and
loss of innumerable livestock. Thousands of bridges, embankments, dwelling
houses and public properties are washed off. 
 
The BJP led Assam state government miserably failed, during all these years,
to repair the embankments, most of which have outlived their lifespan. In
most of the places relief has not reached. 
 
Till now the central government has neither announced any relief package nor
sent any central team to assess the extent of damage. 
 
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands that adequate relief and
rehabilitation be ensured to each family. The perennial flood problem of
Assam must be recognized as a national problem and adequate funds be
released in this regard.
 
 
 
 
 
For CPI(M) Central Committee Office
 
 
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