In Assam, floods shift course. State response is static
Flooding is a chronic feature of Assam’s monsoon. This year, however, parts of the state far removed from the banks of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries have borne the brunt of the raging waters. According to the state government, the scale of devastation in the Upper Assam districts of Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat and Golaghat is “unprecedented”.
- ▪Flooding is a chronic feature of Assam’s monsoon.
- ▪This year, however, parts of the state far removed from the banks of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries have borne the brunt of the raging waters.
- ▪According to the state government, the scale of devastation in the Upper Assam districts of Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat and Golaghat is “unprecedented”.
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Flooding is a chronic feature of Assam’s monsoon. This year, however, parts of the state far removed from the banks of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries have borne the brunt of the raging waters. According to the state government, the scale of devastation in the Upper Assam districts of Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat and Golaghat is “unprecedented”. More than 20 people lost their lives within 24 hours on Monday after a wall of water from Nagaland’s Mon district spilled into Assam and surged over embankments. It is now draining into the Brahmaputra over open terrain rather than just through the tributaries. The Assam government has reportedly told the state assembly that “no one could have been prepared” for the calamity. That isn’t a convincing explanation.
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