In order to mitigate the situation, Government of India had requested the Asian Development bank (ADB) to finance long term mitigation measures based on international experience and practices, to be implemented in a phased manner. Accordingly, discussions were held with ADB by the Government of Assam. This has crystallized in a programme called “Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program (AIFRERMIP).”
Under AIFRERMP, urban, suburban, and productive rural and other strategic sites have been prioritized for protection by improving key Flood and Riverbank Erosion Management (FREM) infrastructure such as embankments, riverbank protection and flood management structures and by introducing a range of non-structural protective measures to be extended to the local communities
