COOCH BEHAR (The Thursday Times) — Shumali Bhutan mein aik glacier jheel phatne aur Sankosh darya mein dasiyon lakh cubic metre pani tezi se sarhad ki taraf bahne ke baad Juma ko India ke West Bengal aur Assam ke districts ko sailab ke high alert par rakh diya gaya.
The Indian Express ne Bhutani media ke hawale se bataya ke jheel phatne ka yeh waqia Bhutan ke Gasa district ke Laya ilaqe mein Wakila pahar ke qareeb Sintaphu Lake mein pesh aaya, jis se taqreeban 74 lakh cubic metre pani Sankosh mein shamil ho gaya.
West Bengal ke minister Nisith Pramanik ne Cooch Behar aur Tufanganj mein chaye ke baghat aur darya ki guzargahon ke qareeb rehne wale logon par zor diya ke woh fauran ilaqa khali kar dein, aur Sankosh aur Brahmaputra ke kinare mumkina sailab se khabardar kiya. Darjeeling se MP Raju Bista ne kaha ke Sankosh aur us ke muawin daryaon ke catchment mein rehne wale har shakhs ko mehfooz ilaqon mein muntaqil hone ko kaha gaya hai, aur Darjeeling ki pahariyon, Terai aur Dooars mein rehne walon se alert rehne ko kaha.
Assam ke Wazir-e-Aala Himanta Biswa Sarma ne kaha ke riyasat Dhubri aur Kokrajhar districts par mumkina asraat ki qareebi nigrani kar rahi hai aur us ki teams National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) se musalsal rabte mein hain.
NDRF ke Director General Piyush Anand ne kaha ke teams ko alert kar diya gaya hai aur force Wazir-e-Azam Narendra Modi ki hidayat par Central Water Commission aur India Meteorological Department ke saath rabta kar rahi hai, lekin unhon ne mazeed kaha ke ab tak mausool maloomat ki bunyad par "fauri tashweesh ki koi wajah nahin."
Bhutan 17 mumkina taur par khatarnak glacier jheelon ki nigrani karta hai, aur Sankosh, jise Bhutan mein Punatsangchhu kaha jata hai, pehle bhi sailab la chuka hai: 1994 mein is darya par aik glacier jheel phatne se 21 afraad jaan bahaq ho gaye thay.
