Assam Times

Every monsoon, Assam prepares for floods. Yet each year the scale of human suffering still comes as a shock. As I look at the images emerging from the flood-hit districts, I am reminded that behind ev

When the Dikhow and Dorika rivers breached extreme flood levels following heavy rainfall upstream in Nagaland, the surrounding districts went underwater within hours. What followed was, on the surface

The North-East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS) has expanded its emergency humanitarian response across flood-ravaged districts of Upper Assam, launching relief operations for thousands of fa

The All Assam Former ULFA Coordinating Committee has announced a relief initiative to help flood-affected farmers in Upper Assam by supplying paddy seedlings to cultivators in the worst-hit districts

Long before official rescue teams reached several flood-hit villages in Nazira, a group of stone-carrying labourers risked their lives to rescue nearly 1,000 people trapped by the overflowing Dikhow R

Five days after the Dikhow River unleashed one of the worst floods in Nazira's recent history, thousands of displaced families remain without adequate food, safe drinking water and basic relief, trigg

Newly elected Nazira MLA Mayur Borgohain has alleged that he and his family received death threats while he was engaged in relief operations for flood-affected people in the constituency. Addressing a

The devastating aftermath of the Dikhow River floods continues to haunt hundreds of villages in Nazira Co-District, where thick layers of silt and mud continue to cover homes and roads, leaving thousa

Floods are an annual reality in Assam, shaping both its landscape and the lives of its people. As the Brahmaputra, Barak, and their tributaries swell during the monsoon, vast stretches of land are sub

On 19 July, Dr. Bongtao Lunglee called me from Mon district in Nagaland. A landslide had occurred near his home, and he had been observing continuous heavy rainfall across the surrounding hills. He wa