Assam Adds 40 High-Speed Rescue Boats to SDRF Fleet

Overview

• The handover at Guwahati’s Gateway Ghat featured a 15-boat procession on the Brahmaputra and live rescue drills by SDRF personnel.
• The motorized inflatable craft come with 30-horsepower engines, life jackets and rescue gear, and can evacuate eight to ten people at a time.
• Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Keshab Mahanta inaugurated the induction and said the boats will speed operations during floods, water accidents and other emergencies.
• ASDMA reports providing 52 boats in the 2025–26 financial year, including units allotted to Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa national parks to support wildlife rescues during floods.
• Separately, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed Rs 10,000 each to 30,655 women in Borsola under the Mukhya Mantri Mahila Udyamita Abhiyan.