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GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the Water Resources Department to complete repairing of the weak and breached embankments of the state before the onset of the monsoon and seasonal floods, here on Wednesday. Sonowal underscored the need to empower the existing embankments in the state and asked the Water Resources Department to repair the breached embankments. Chief Minister Sonowal however, underscored the need to maintain adequate 'social distance' by the workers while undertaking the repair work. He also asked the department to make available all important equipment like porcupine, geo-bag rubber boat etc. Chief Minister Sonowal also said that during the times of flood, the SDRF should be kept on the stand by mode to face any exigency like providing relief and rescue works..