: Reading list: Five articles that explain why Assam gets flooded year after year #IndiaNEWS As the monsoon sweeps through North East India, much of Assam is under water yet again. As of July 17, nearly

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Reading list: Five articles that explain why Assam gets flooded year after year #IndiaNEWS
As the monsoon sweeps through North East India, much of Assam is under water yet again. As of July 17, nearly 4 million people are affected by the floods, according to government data. More than 70 people have already perished while 40,000 people across 19 districts are currently in government-designated relief camps. Thousands more would have set up tarpaulin tents on higher land, waiting for the water to recede before they can go back to whatever remains of their homes.The floods are a way of life for much of Assam’s rural population, thanks to the state’s unique fluvial landscape. But what would it take to end the trail of death and destruction the rampaging Brahmaputra and its tributaries leave behind each year? Can anything be done at all?Here’s a Scroll.in reading list that contextualises the annual Assam floods – why they occur like clockwork every year; what the government does to mitigate them; why those measures usually fail to prevent damage; and what experts and local communities say should be done instead. Can Assam’s annual flood misery be blamed on government red-tape?Is Assam’s fight against the floods year akin to battling nature’s brute force against whom even the most cutting edge research and science often fall...Read more

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