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PM Modi reaches Guwahati to review flood situation in Assam

| | Aug 01, 2017, at 04:30 pm
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Guwahati on Tuesday morning to review the flood situation in the state.

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said PM Modi will take part in a review meeting with Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, other state ministers, top officials at Assam Administrative Staff College in Guwahati.

“He will also address a legislators meeting of BJP and its ally parties Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) at the same venue,” the Assam minister said.

The current wave of flood has claimed 82 lives and affecting over 2.5 million people of 29 districts.

The Assam minister said that, the state government will submit a memorandum to the PM for seeking permanent measures of flood and erosion in the state.

Meanwhile, tight security has been arranged in Guwahati for PM visit.

Image: File.

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