Assam government will soon start a project to reclaim parts of the land eroded by river. The low -cost project will be implemented at Sualkuchi area in Kamrup district as pilot basis with the support of Asian Development Bank. The Chief Minister Mr. Tarun Gogoi revealed this in Guwahati yesterday.

Assam will be the first state to initiate a project to reclaim eroded land. The state has 44 erosion prone rivers in Brahmaputra valley. Assam lost an area of 4 lakh bighas of land in the last 40 years due to erosion. 

Under the new project, low cost zack zetty will be used instead of the traditional porcupines which are more expensive to control flood and erosion. The technology will also be employed to channelize the river Brahmaputra. 

Assam government is also likely to send three teams for exposure visit to Bangladesh to learn about the new technology in controlling flood and erosion. 

Apart from it, Assam government will set up a River Research Centre in Guwahati for further research on the river Brahmaputra.