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Guwahati: Tinsukia MLA Sanjay Kishan toured the Rangagara Tea Estate to evaluate the ruin caused by relentless flooding and riverbank erosion. The deluge has crippled local infrastructure and upended the lives of estate workers. Rain does not stop. Kishan walked through the worst-hit zones, tracking the destruction to homes and paths.
The legislator met with estate staff and residents to hear their grievances about the mounting losses. He took a hard look at the Rangagara Tea Estate Primary School and the local hospital to gauge how deep the damage runs. The water has left critical facilities in shambles.
Kishan promised he would push the relevant departments to act fast. He intends to lobby authorities to shore up the ground and fix what the river destroyed. "The MLA stressed the need for urgent steps to restore normalcy and address the problems caused to public life and infrastructure by the flood and erosion." Residents now wait for his promised intervention to start.
Updated at 3rd September 2026 at 10:31am
Kishan expanded his tour to include the Dinjan Tea Estate on Wednesday afternoon, noting that the threat from the Brahmaputra and its tributaries now hits both sites hard. During the visit, the MLA ordered officials from the Water Resources Department and the Makum Sub-Divisional Administration to start immediate protection work. He made it clear that patching up the damage is not enough, demanding that authorities move beyond temporary fixes to halt the cycle of erosion.
The threat is part of a wider crisis across the district. In April 2026, the river's movement along the Dangari channel wiped out 35.48 hectares of land at the Dighaltarang Tea Estate, endangering 1,400 families. State authorities are now factoring these recurring losses into the Tinsukia-Dibrugarh subproject under the Brahmaputra flood and erosion management program.
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