BTAD: Gogoi reviews relief measures

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday reviewed the relief measures in BTAD areas and Dhubri district where 60people were killed. Gogoi directed the senior officials to carry out relief and rehabilitation measures on a war footing. He said that the topmost priority was relief and rehabilitation measures and all our energies should be channelized towards it. He asked the additional Chief Secretary to instruct the Deputy Commissioners of the affected districts to decongest the camps immediately and to open up new camps so that there is no major outbreak of diseases.

Gogoi further instructed the PHE Secretary to construct latrines and to install water pumps in and around the relief camps in a big way. The meeting decided to make provision for one latrine for 100 persons and 250 against one water pump to ensure that hygienic conditions prevail in and around the relief camps.