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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

Six identified for bund breach leading to Silchar flooding, says Assam Biswa Sarma

GUWAHATI:

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said six people have been identified as culprits behind the breaching of an embankment that led to a devastating flood in Silchar town.

On May 24, the Water Resources Department had registered a police complaint against unknown miscreants for cutting through the embankment at Bethukandi, about 3 km from the centre of the town, to let the rain-accumulated water of a wetland drain into the Barak river.

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