-ThePrint.in On 19 June, Silchar town — the district headquarters of Cachar district — was inundated as water from the Barak River entered the town. Guwahati: Police in Assam have ruled out a communal angle in the Barak embankment breach, which led to floods in the Cachar district, and urged people and the media to refrain from spreading rumours. “There is no communal angle in this event. My appeal to various social media...
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Manipur landslide: Weak soil, incessant rain, anthropogenic pressure to blame, say experts -Sobhapati Samom
-Down to Earth Seventy-nine people have been confirmed as victims while 47 bodies have been recovered from the accident site at Marangching village in Noney district The disaster happened at Marangching village part 5 in Noney district, newly carved from Tamenglong. As of July 4 evening, 47 bodies out of the 79 confirmed victims were recovered while 18 injured persons were rescued and referred to hospitals for treatment. Of the total bodies recovered,...
More »Assam: Three more held for damaging Silchar dyke -Umanand Jaiswal
-The Telegraph The number of persons arrested in the case has gone up to four Guwahati: Three more persons have been arrested on charges of damaging a dyke that led to the flooding of Silchar in Assam on June 19 with water from the overflowing Barak River that runs along the town. The number of persons arrested in the case has gone up to four after the arrest of Mitu Hussain Laskar, Nazir...
More »Going under: Coastal Odisha under existential threat -Ranjan Panda
-Down to Earth In a warming world, governments are far from prepared to resettle people evicted by sea-level rise Bay of Bengal is the hotbed of tropical cyclones. Estimates show that eight of the 10 deadliest tropical cyclones in the world have originated here. Over the past few decades, cyclones in Bay of Bengal have not only become frequent, the region is also experiencing the largest relative increase of flood risk and...
More »Assam's Silchar still under water, CM says flood was 'man-made' -Sumir Karnakar
-Deccan Herald The death toll due to floods and landslides reached 121 with four deaths reported on Saturday. Of this, 21 deaths were in the Cachar district Guwahati: As most parts of south Assam city Silchar remained inundated even on the sixth day on Sunday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the flood was "man-made." "The flood here this time is man-made. I have got information that the embankment which protects Silchar...
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