Rabindra Hajong had picked up problem the eve when he saw muddy water threatening to overtop the road to Lakhipur town, about 165 km west of Guwahati. Lakhipur is the headquarters of Lakhipur Earnings Circle in western Assam’s Goalpara district, sandwiched in between Meghalaya and the Brahmaputra river.
In about nine hours given that Hajong raised the alarm, a 50 ft-wide body of water erased a culvert and portions of the road at Sigri near Lakhipur and hurried toward Dhamor Reserve about 2 km away. It took moments for about 95%of some 800 homes to be submerged morning.
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Sahabuddin Mondal, former Gram Panchayat president of Haguripara, recalls how the 1998 breach altered the area consisting of 5 villages permanently. “These were earnings towns well-known for growing quality paddy, oilseeds, pulses and vegetables. Merchants utilized to drive to Haguripara from far for bulk-buying. The 1998 flood turned the towns into smaller, detached