In an intervention in Lok Sabha today under Rule 377, Inner Manipur MP Dr. Thokchom Meinya has urged the Union Government and Ministry of Home Affairs to declare Flash Floods in North East India as a National Calamity.
Dr. Meinya has stated that “Northeast States of India are in crisis as flash floods landslides leave thousands displaced. The death toll has grown more than three digits. Heavy Monsoon rains and flash floods wreak havoc in Imphal, Guwahati, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.
Whenever there are any flash floods in the NE region, the two life-lines of Manipur NH No 2 and 37 are completely cut off causing immediate closure of movement of goods and passengers. Encroachment of natural water bodies in the valley areas in the name of development and sallow river beds appears to be some of the reasons of these flash floods. It is a high time to have a dedicated flash flood Management policy for the entire North East and Manipur in particular.
Hence I urge the Union Government and Ministry of Home Affairs to immediately declare Flash floods in NE States as a National Calamity for sanctioning adequate relief funds and let us immediately formulate a dedicated flash flood Management policy for the entire North East and Manipur in particular”.
PS to Hon’ble MP (Lok Sabha), Inner Manipur.
