India Meteorological Department issues warning; more heavy rainfall in Assam

After heavy rain that sank most part of Silchar yesterday, the India Meteorological Department today morning has issued a warning about the turbulent weather in the coming days. The notice states that Assam will face heavy rainfall in the coming days that can be accompanied by thunderstorm and gutsy winds.

As per the report, starting today, May 7 till May 11, several parts of India will face rainfall and storm. Assam’s weather condition will be difficult for a couple of days as mentioned in the same report.

Seen in the picture, the state has been put in the yellow zone, meaning ‘watch and be updated’.

Yesterday, we reported about water logging in areas like Shillongpatty, Link Road, Itkhola, India Club, Church Road, Ambicapatty, Sonai Road were in knee deep water after rains.

This year, Silchar might see the worst, Municipality board is in an internal mess, the workers did not receive their wages since very long and often they call for demonstration and strikes, which disrupts routine work impacting cleanliness, hygiene and drainage. While it is easy to blame the administration and shed light on the shortcomings of the government, the citizens of Barak Valley also must share some blame. Increase in the usage of plastic and non-biodegradables is the main reason behind drain blockages. Also, very few people use dustbins; instead dump garbage anywhere and everywhere.

MLA Silchar constituency and deputy speaker of Assam Assembly, Dilip Paul, a couple of months back mentioned that the master drainage plan will not be executed this year and people of Silchar will have to suffer waterlogging this year too. Paul, while addressing a huge gathering in Gandhi Bhavan Silchar during a summit said, “I will not give false hopes but the master drainage project will take time to come into action. I understand that the situation is very likely to worsen this year but I promise we will find a solution by next year.” He also assured that he would be assigning the master drainage implementation project to a trusted national-level agency.