Climate crisis in North East India: Assam’s Golaghat hasn’t had normal monsoon in 30 years

Overall rainfall and rainy days in Assam’s Golaghat district have decreased, but heavy rainfall days have increased

Arsenic-affected habitations in India up 145% in last 5 yrs

The country had 1,800 arsenic-affected habitations in 2015. This increased to 4,421 as on September 17

Floods cost India Rs 4.7 lakh crore in last 6 decades

At least 90% of the Assam’s districts are flooded and more than 50,000 people are in relief camps

China dams on Brahmaputra: Assam asks Centre to intervene

Admits that weak and old embankments are another threat to flood-ravaged Assam