Dredging, it is believed, will increase the water retention capacity of the river, with the result that the pressure on the bank would be reduced.Įrosion and floods are as much burning issues in Assam as are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. It is possible that erosion would be reduced as the depth of the river bed will increase and the force of the water would be less on the banks,” Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal told The Wire. He added that the exercise could be carried out along all the affected spots including Majuli which he represents in the assembly.ĭredging is a measure to dig out sediments from the river bed and is usually used for clearing river mouths or narrow constrictions. “Dredging of the Brahmaputra will yield a plethora of benefits. Dredging of the Brahmaputra river is being seriously considered by the Assam government as one of the answers to the problem of erosion that has gobbled up huge chunks of land on both banks of the river.
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