August 14, 2017
Houses on raised ground help char villagers stay safe during floods with banana trees and vegetable gardens preventing soil erosion. (Photo by Abdul Gani)
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Assam flood fury leaves high houses on river islands untouched

A simple innovation of building houses on a raised and reinforced earthen platform has spared many village homes on the easily flooded islands on the Brahmaputra and its tributaries

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May 3, 2017
The rice fields of South Kamrup in Assam. (Photo by Bikalp Chamola)
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Small water pumps script success story in Assam

A survey conducted in South Kamrup in Assam shows that use of small water pumps for irrigation in an area where groundwater is abundant has resulted in significant increases in earnings for smallholder and marginal farmers

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March 15, 2017
The Barak River routinely floods its banks in the rainy season every year. (Photo by Monica Roy)
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Living with the clockwork floods of Barak River

The state seems to be indifferent to the plight of the large number of people settled in the Barak Valley in southern Assam, and they are left to fend for themselves when the river routinely floods its banks every monsoon

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February 24, 2017
A Bodo woman working at a traditional handloom in Rowmari village. (Photo by Action for Northeast Trust)
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Bodoland families smart under ravages of climate and conflict

A combination of ethnic conflict and climate change has pushed thousands of distressed families in western Assam towards a precarious existence

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