Brahmaputra

Dozens of households have been forced to relocate in just two weeks due to severe erosion along the Brahmaputra River in the Kushbari Airkata gramme panchayat of Assam's recently created Birsing Jarua constituency, highlighting serious shortcomings in disaster management and riverbank care. At least seven or eight houses have been washed away in Wahab Bazar, according to locals, causing residents to flee their homes and take cover by the side of the road. The rapid incursion of the river left many with little time to respond, even though the community made steps to relocate possessions and salvage property. There is…