Islands in the river

The insular but self-sufficient existence of the marine nomads inhabiting the islands that pepper the Brahmaputra river as it winds across …

At home, almost

In Arunachal, Manori Rabha redesigns her fuzzy plans to go home

Drowned

Assam's Dhemaji district faces extermination by floods

Spurring people into action

Villagers of Bhuragaon in Assam no longer depend on the government for protecting their lands from the currents of the Brahmaputra. They have, …

Water beneath our homes

Dams in the north-east will also ruin livelihoods

After neglecting the north-east for years, Delhi now feels the need to initiate "developmental" activities in the region. There is good reason. …

Oil India's seimic survey threatens rare dolphin

Seismic survey in the Brahmaputra

Passive neighbour

India remains indifferent as China builds dams on upper reaches of Brahmaputra  

Natural highways

The aviation sector is struggling for survival, while roadways and railways are bleeding the treasury dry. Inland navigation is economical and …

Watery grave

Encroachment is killing Guwahati's only river and wetlands that can save the city from perennial floods

Shrinking homes

The population of river dolphin has declined by 50 per cent since Independence

Raging river

Gnaws at its banks in Assam

Bridge to troubled waters?

Assam government says Bogibeel bridge might cause floods

Water pact

Assam drenched, devastated

After the heat wave the deluge. Flash floods, triggered by torrential rains over the past two weeks, have rendered at least four lakh people …

Dams and poaching doom dolphins

There are just 5,000 river dolphins left in India and unless strict measures are undertaken to protect the remaining population, warn experts, …

Off course

Official callousness may result in Tezpur's destruction

Dwindling numbers

Don’t tame the Brahmaputra, train it

A worried Assam government recently asked river hydraulic engineer NAYAN SHARMA of IIT Roorkee to devise ways to contain the mighty river that …

China denies plan to divert Brahmaputra

Sedimental attraction

A drowning delta can be rescued by changing the nature of its sediments, new theory claims

Double trouble

Two layers of black carbon, a pollutant causing greenhouse effect, have been found over Guwahati. Usually there is just one

Deluge of dams without any impact assessment

Siang goes dry, says Arunachal Pradesh minister

Official, activists counter, say the statement is to allow dams on the river

Flooding out arsenic

The monsoons help decontaminate paddy soils