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The River "Took Everything Away": Life On The Edge Of Brahmaputra
Once a vast river island in the heart of the Brahmaputra, now Majuli's days are numbered: Experts warn it may disappear entirely by 2040 as ever more violent flooding swells the river, wreaking havoc on the lives of those that live along its banks.
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Assam's River Island Residents See Land Sinking As Brahmaputra Swells
It takes an hour's ride in a rickety motorised boat on the swelling Brahmaputra river to reach the riverine island of Borghul Char in Assam. The island, which is right in the middle of India's widest river, has been sinking as the water level has been rising. The battle to survive has just started for some 150 families who live on this island at th...
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Nearly Three Lakh People Affected by Assam Flood
Nearly three lakh people have been affected by floods in Assam which has claimed seven lives and has hit 15 districts of the state.
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Assam's Majuli and Kaziranga worst affected in floods, say officials
At least 10 districts of Assam were reeling under flood water with the Asia's largest river island Majuli and the Kaziranga National Park being the worst affected, officials said.
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Assam flood displaces 94 families
The rising water of the mighty Brahmaputra river today displaced 94 families in Majuli as heavy erosion washed away over half-a-km stretch.
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61 people dead in Assam floods; PM, Sonia to visit today
The flood situation in Assam continues to be grim with the toll having risen sharply to 61. Nearly 20 lakh people have also been displaced in the flood, the worst in more than a decade. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister and the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are slated to visit the state tomorrow to take stock of the situation. They are expected to reac...
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20 killed in Assam flood, over 2.5 lakh people affected
Assam's flood scene has worsened with at least 10 more people washed away, as many feared drowned and thousands rendered homeless across the state, where world's biggest inhabited river island Majuli is facing threat of complete submergence.
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Assam's river of woes
Half of Assam's Majuli river island has gone under water as the Brahmaputra breached a newly-built embankment.
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The River "Took Everything Away": Life On The Edge Of Brahmaputra
Once a vast river island in the heart of the Brahmaputra, now Majuli's days are numbered: Experts warn it may disappear entirely by 2040 as ever more violent flooding swells the river, wreaking havoc on the lives of those that live along its banks.
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Assam's River Island Residents See Land Sinking As Brahmaputra Swells
It takes an hour's ride in a rickety motorised boat on the swelling Brahmaputra river to reach the riverine island of Borghul Char in Assam. The island, which is right in the middle of India's widest river, has been sinking as the water level has been rising. The battle to survive has just started for some 150 families who live on this island at th...
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Nearly Three Lakh People Affected by Assam Flood
Nearly three lakh people have been affected by floods in Assam which has claimed seven lives and has hit 15 districts of the state.
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Assam's Majuli and Kaziranga worst affected in floods, say officials
At least 10 districts of Assam were reeling under flood water with the Asia's largest river island Majuli and the Kaziranga National Park being the worst affected, officials said.
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Assam flood displaces 94 families
The rising water of the mighty Brahmaputra river today displaced 94 families in Majuli as heavy erosion washed away over half-a-km stretch.
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61 people dead in Assam floods; PM, Sonia to visit today
The flood situation in Assam continues to be grim with the toll having risen sharply to 61. Nearly 20 lakh people have also been displaced in the flood, the worst in more than a decade. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister and the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are slated to visit the state tomorrow to take stock of the situation. They are expected to reac...
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20 killed in Assam flood, over 2.5 lakh people affected
Assam's flood scene has worsened with at least 10 more people washed away, as many feared drowned and thousands rendered homeless across the state, where world's biggest inhabited river island Majuli is facing threat of complete submergence.
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Assam's river of woes
Half of Assam's Majuli river island has gone under water as the Brahmaputra breached a newly-built embankment.
