MALDA, 21 MAY: The irrigation department in Malda has finally decided to take up permanent anti-erosion measures at Khutadaha and Bat-tali in Bamongola on the bank of the river Punarbhaba for the protection of fencing along the India-Bangladesh border.
A total of Rs 12 crore has been allotted for the anti-erosion work on the bank of the Punarbhaba, according to the executive engineer of the irrigation department Mr Soumen Misra. Following the request of the Border Security Force the district administration decided to take an initiative to save the remaining part of the fence in that area, and took up the ‘temporary’ nature of the current anti-erosion work with the help of irrigation department.
“We have planned to float a tender for Punarbhaba anti-erosion work before Puja, and we would be able to begin anti-erosion work on a permanent basis from November at Khutadaha and Battali covering a two km stretch, separately. We also need to take up temporary measures to stem the erosion at vulnerable spots along the India-Bangladesh border during monsoon this year to save the existing fencing,” said Mr Misra. ;SNS
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