Archive · 12 Aug 2026
Assam races to repair flood-damaged embankments: Himanta Sarma
Assam is a place in India that gets flooded almost every year because it has many rivers.
When big floods happen, the walls that hold river water back can break.
These walls are called embankments.
When they break, water can rush into villages and farms very quickly.
The leader of the state government, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, is making sure the broken walls get fixed fast.
His team calls this 'mission mode', which means they are doing it as quickly as possible.
In a place called Jorhat, five walls were broken.
Four of them are already fixed, and the last one, at Shalmara, is almost finished.
The team is also making the walls stronger so they do not break again in future floods.
The Assam government is working in 'mission mode' to repair and strengthen flood-damaged embankments across the state.
Four of five embankment breach points in Jorhat district have already been restored.
Work on the remaining breach point at Shalmara in Jorhat is nearing completion.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced the progress on Wednesday under the #AssamFloodResponse initiative.
Assam remains vulnerable to annual floods due to its river network, including the Brahmaputra and its tributaries.
- Who
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the state's field agencies and officials
- What
- Rapid repair and strengthening of flood-damaged embankments, with four of five breach points in Jorhat already restored
- When
- Progress announced on Wednesday; repair works are ongoing
- Where
- Assam, particularly the Jorhat district and the Shalmara breach point
- Why
- To prevent rapid inundation of villages, farmland and infrastructure and strengthen flood-control resilience
- State
- Assam
- Chief Minister
- Himanta Biswa Sarma
- Restored breach points
- 4 of 5 in Jorhat district
- Remaining work
- Shalmara breach point nearing completion
- Initiative
- #AssamFloodResponse
- Flood risk source
- Brahmaputra river and its tributaries
- Approach
- Mission mode, priority basis