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Outlook Explains | Why Assam Floods Every Year Despite Decades Of Flood-Control Projects
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Outlook Explains | Why Assam Floods Every Year Despite Decades Of Flood-Control Projects
Why does Assam flood every year despite thousands of kilometres of embankments? Here's how the Brahmaputra, tributaries, erosion, wetlands and climate change keep the state vulnerable.
·New Delhi, India
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Every year, with the onset of monsoon, the same images of Assam emerge. Villages submerged in floodwaters, roads and bridges destroyed, and the Brahmaputra river flowing at a dangerous level, dragging all the houses along the banks with it. When the water recedes, only images of devastation and homeless people, destruction remain. The displaced people have to start their lives from scratch. This monsoon too, the same image of Assam has emerged, …
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Total News Sources4
Leaning Left1Leaning Right2Center0Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Right
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources lean Right
67% Right
L 33%
R 67%
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