Itanagar: Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh, Ninong Ering has suggested to the Centre for dredging of the Siang river to solve the recurrent flood and erosion problems in the downstream areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
The Siang river is called the Tsangpo in China and the Brahmaputra, in Assam.
The Congress MP from Arunachal East constituency on Saturday in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi apprised him of the large-scale soil erosion taking place along the banks of Siang river in East Siang district which has posed a serious threat to the lives of people in riverine areas.
With Siang river in spate and flowing above danger level, the MP expressed deep concern over large-scale siltation in the riverbed and soil erosions in downstream areas of Borguli and Serum villages under Mebo sub-division and Pertung, Sika-Bamin and Sika-Tode in Pasighat area.
To bring a permanent solution to over flooding and erosion of downstream areas,
Ering pleaded the PM to initiate preventive measures such as dredging of Siang river from Rengging to Oiramghat in Assam, construction of embankments along both banks of the river till Oiramghat and initiating dialogue with China on the release of water from the dams in Yarlung Zangpo in Tibet to solve flooding and erosion of downstream areas.
(PTI)