Guwahati is grappling with severe flooding after a night of heavy rain, submerging roads and homes and disrupting daily life.

Roughly, this is around 10 per cent of the total flood-prone area of the country. Nearly 30 per cent of Assam ... term measures proving inadequate,experts unanimously agree that long-term planning ...

The flood situation in Assam is grim with rivers flowing above the danger level in different parts of the state. Credit: PTI Photo The Kopili in Kampur (Nagaon) and Puthimari in Kamrup district ...

Shah had in the Friday meet asked the Assam Government to devise a long-term plan to protect the northeastern State from flood so that more development can take place. Shah launched a scathing ...

GUWAHATI: Government officials said they plan to build a 1,300 ... connectivity in the region," said Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. "This is a long-term effort to tame the Brahmaputra ...

and a pan-Northeast water management authority to do everything necessary to control floods in the long term", he said. The extreme devastation caused by flooding in Assam is heartbreaking - with ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani during an aerial survey of flood-affected areas of Banaskatha district of Gujarat on Tuesday.(PTI Photo) Many in Assam ...

Assam's Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika today said that bringing a permanent solution to the erosion issue is one of the state's top priorities ahead of the flood season. Mr Hazarika ...