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How we turned natural floods into monsoon mayhem by squeezing our rivers -Darpan Singh

-IndiaToday.in From Assam to Odisha and in many other states, floods were a natural phenomenon. But we turned them into monsoon mayhem by squeezing our rivers. Here is why we must rethink our response to this annual crisis. Every monsoon, lakhs of people in Indian states such as Bihar, Assam, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are affected by floods when rivers swell and spread their waters amid pounding rain. Hundreds of men, women and children, besides animals, perish in low-lying areas. Thousands of people are moved, though temporarily, to crammed relief camps. Even a raging pandemic is of little concern. Images of hopeless adults wading through chest- or knee-deep waters, clutching their kids and also some essentials, are now routine. The scale of devastation is humongous. Surging water also damages precious standing crops, schools, health centres, and power transmission lines, besides rail and road networks. All this keeps normal life disrupted for months to come. There is an acute shortage of food. And, ironically enough, there is hardly any drinking water because what comes out of hand pumps and wells is not drinkable. A host of illnesses rear their ugly heads. The economy takes a hit as the annual rescue operations and repair work put additional pressures on these cash- and human resource-strapped states. Please click here to read more.