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Assam floods damage fencing at Bangla border | The deterioration in the flood situation in Assam is posing a major threat to national security, as a portion of international fencing along the Bangladesh border here has been damaged due to soil erosion.
Reportedly, over 200 metres of the border fencing were damaged and a number of
Border Outposts (BOPs) were shifted to safer places. Locals are leading for safer
places in boats, as water has entered their homes and fields, destroying the stored
paddy crop. The villagers have been forced to take shelter by the roadside as
all their household items have been washed away in the flood. Legislator of South
Salmara , Abdul Rehman Ajmal, on Sunday appealed to the Central government to
take adequate steps to effectively combat an issue of national concern. “Almost
all the BOP's are flood affected, but only three of them have been shifted. All
the others are in water and they are facing a lot of problems. It is my appeal
to the central government that they should do something, somebody should visit
here and tackle this problem because it has become an issue of national security
as it is all along the border,” Ajmal said. The Border Security Force (BSF) informed
that they were regularly patrolling the flooded international border on the speed
boats. The water level in various rivers of the state has risen due to incessant
rainfall over the past few days, with the water levels of the Brahmaputra reportedly
having crossed the danger mark at various places in the state.
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