Union Law & Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju convened a meeting with the officers of the Jal Shakti ministry and the Central Water Commission (CWC) on the issue of muddy water and dying fishes in the Kameng river in East Kameng district.

“Based on the inputs provided by the CWC, the Arunachal Pradesh government and other agencies, the cause of the mudflow appears to be due to movement of glaciers located around 27.8957 degrees North & 92.6795 degrees East near the international border,” informed a press release.

It said that “an earthquake of 3.4 magnitude occurred in the vicinity on 13 October, and the death of fishes is mainly due to high turbidity of the Kameng river water resulting in low dissolved oxygen.”

The Kameng river originates from the eastern Himalayas mountains at an elevation of 6,300 metres and is not a trans-boundary river, it added.

Rijiju has directed the officials of the ministry and the CWC to closely monitor the situation along the river basin and ensure proper coordination between the state government and all agencies concerned.

It is to be mentioned that the East Kameng district administration carried out physical inspections of the river at various points along the Seppa-Chayang Tajo road. It was found that the water in all the tributaries, like Para, Pakke, Pachuk, Pachi and Pacha, was clear. In Marjangla, thick deposits of clay and tree debris were found on the banks of the Kameng river.

Earlier, water samples from the river were collected and preliminary analysis was done by the East Kameng DFDO, as per which “the total dissolved substance (TDS) levels were found to be high (6,800 mg/l) while dissolved oxygen (DO) levels were very low (2 mg/l) prima facie, indicating heavy turbidity/mudflow in the river.”

As a precautionary measure, the district administration has imposed 144 CrPC, prohibiting any person from venturing into the river and prohibiting fishing, selling or consuming fishes from the Kameng river for two weeks. Samples of fishes have also been collected and sent for food safety testing.

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