Share List Kanwaljit Singh The vast networks of mighty rivers – the Brahmaputra and Barak – in Assam make it prone to flood and erosion which pose major risk to the health of denizens of the State, increase disease fighting burden on the State – a hindrance to the overallContinue Reading
Share List Avinash Singh It was an out-of-the-blue message from a complete stranger! A line in introduction and this first year BA LLB student of Faculty of Law, Gauhati University wanted help in highlighting Assam floods. Amanpreet Kaur Washisht was to the point, brief and crisp and felt genuinely forContinue Reading
Share List Atlanta Mahanta Way back Assam was shaken by a massive earthquake of 8.6 magnitude on Richter scale. It made the mighty Brahmaputra to go topsy-turvy. The river has never been steady after that. The state saw 12 major floods from 1950 to 2010 before it became an annualContinue Reading
Share List Amanpreet Kaur Washisht It has become difficult to judge whether The Brahmaputra and Barak rivers during the monsoon are a boon or a bane, a cause of regular devastation in the land of Assam. Water is life but too much of anything is bad. Natural overload of rainsContinue Reading
Share List Hrishikesh Sarma Assam – The land of blue hills and red rivers is one of the most beautiful states in Northeast India. The annual rainfall of the state is around 1500 mm and above. One of the perennial problems being faced by lakhs in Assam is floods andContinue Reading