Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Nov 30: The effective clearance work on Indus river which was blocked at Bema due to flash flood during July-August, 2015 has been intensified.
The devastating water had formed an artificial lake at the village sinking many residential houses, shops, restaurants, DG set of the village, PWD Rest House and completely washed away Medical Aid Center, agricultural lands and fruit trees in the village and it was a big challenge for the LAHDC Leh and District Administration for removal of the debris from the river.
Soon after the formation of the 5th LAHDC Leh, the Chief Executive Councilor LAHDC, Leh, Dr Sonam Dawa Lonpo visited the site and after taking meetings with District Administration and other agencies, it was unanimously decided that a joint effort will be made for removal of debris from blockage of Indus river at Bema on war-footing-basis with the support of 81 RCC; P&R Infra Project, Dha- Hanu; HIMANK; NHPC, Leh and PWD, Leh.
Accordingly, the challenging operation started on November 26, 2015 and with the efforts of the Council and District Administration, they were successful in dividing the river water to two sides making it possible for the heavy machines to operate frequently in the river for removing the huge boulders from its bed
Councilor Skurbuchan Phuntsog Stanzin, who is also the overall Coordinator/ In-charge at the site, informed that so far 3 heavy machines were received at the site and only two machines have been deployed. They have already removed debris from the other site of the river and brought down about 3 meters from the original level and succeeded in dividing the water.
“Now we can perform the removal work easily and hope the operation will be completed successfully within a weeks’ time and hopefully will be able to draw out the remaining water from the village”, said Stanzin. He further added that one more machine is held at Khaltsi due to some technical snag in the trailer and is expected to reach at the site by evening.
However expressing dissatisfaction over the callous attitude of BRO and HIMANK, the Councilor said that the BRO/ HIMANK had promised to provide men and machinery for the operation but so far no any assistance was provided by them.
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