A bridge on Doomdooma-Baghjan road collapsed due to incessant rain in Tinsukia
Tinsukia (Assam) [India], June 24 (ANI): A bridge on Doomdooma-Baghjan road collapsed due to incessant rain in Tinsukia earlier on Wednesday affecting operation to control oil blowout in Baghjan.
No causalities or injuries were reported due to the bridge collapse, informed Bitul Chetia, Deputy Superintendent of Police. “No injuries or casualties have been reported as of now but it will affect the operation to control oil blowout in Baghjan,” he said.
Meanwhile, severe water-logging was found in parts of Dibrugarh following heavy rainfall in the area. As a result, the traffic movement in the area was adversely affected.
In parts of the area, water entered houses causing trouble to the local residents.
Army constructs composite bridge critical for controlling fire at Assam’s Baghjan oil field
The Indian Army on Monday completed the construction of a composite bridge at the blow out site of Well Number 5 in Baghjan Oil Field in Assam.
Oil India Limited on June 14, through the civil administration, had requisitioned assistance of Indian Army for construction of the bridge at the incident site.
“The construction of this bridge was extremely critical for the task of controlling the fire, as it provides the only access to the experts to approach the well. The experts now plan to lay a heavy-duty pipeline over the bridge and create a water umbrella for dousing the fire,” Lt Col Harsh Wardhan Pande, PRO Defence said in a statement.
According to the statement, the execution of this engineering feat was a challenging task that involved the mobilisation of 233 metric tons of bridging stores over 400 kilometres. 150 specially trained troops of Army undertook the task for construction under extremely risky and hazardous conditions in the vicinity of the raging fire with working temperatures exceeding 75 degrees celsius.
Undaunted by the multitude of the engineering challenges the Army constructed the bridge in a short time of 24 hours under heavy rainfall and extreme temperatures.
The bridge has provided the much-needed impetus to the ongoing disaster relief efforts. A special team will continuously maintain the bridge and keep it afloat even in the harshest of conditions. (ANI)
99 villages affected by floods in four districts of Assam
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday informed that a total of 99 villages have been affected by floods caused by incessant rainfall across four districts.
“One person died and 36,707 people have been affected across four districts in the second wave of floods that hit Assam due to incessant rainfall,” said the state disaster management authority in a report.
The four districts affected by floods are Dhemaji, Jorhat, Sivasagar and Dibrugarh.
As per the report, a total of 4,329 hectares of crop area has been affected.
Nine relief camps have been set up — two in Dhemaji district, four in Sivasagar and three in Nazira.
Additionally, 28 relief distribution centres have also been set up — 21 in Sivasagar and seven in Nazira.
Several rivers were flowing above the danger mark like the Brahmaputra at Neamatighat (Jorhat) and Dhubri, Dikhow at Sivasagar, Disang at Nanglamuraghat (Sivasagar), Dhansiri (S) at Numaligarh (Golghat) and Jia Bharali at NT Road crossing (Sontipur). (ANI)
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