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Northeast India Battles Worsening Floods as States Mobilize Relief

A surge of monsoon rains has prompted states to establish high-level committees to coordinate relief following river course changes that have flooded wildlife havens.

Banner image of rhinos in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India, where it floods annually during the monsoons (for representation). Photo by Diganta Talukdar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
State forms high-level committee to tackle North Bengal flood crisis to assess rain, river water levels & erosion risks
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Overview

  • Over 5.6 lakh people in Assam have been affected and more than 55 lives lost across the Northeast due to relentless monsoon rains, with over 40,000 evacuees housed in hundreds of relief camps.
  • West Bengal has formed a high-level committee under Mamata Banerjee to monitor river levels, assess erosion risks and respond to the Teesta’s course shift that displaced over 120 families.
  • Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has toured the Barak Valley, directing repairs of breached embankments and washed-out roads before the Puja season and promising timely rehabilitation grants to flood-hit families.
  • State leaders are pressing the central government for an Indo-Bhutan River Commission to gain upstream rainfall data from 76 Bhutan-origin tributaries after repeated appeals went unanswered.
  • Floodwaters have inundated Kaziranga and Pobitora wildlife sanctuaries, forcing rhinos and other species to higher ground as meteorologists warn of continued heavy rain.