Assam: Locals dearly affected after flooding by River Brahmaputra in Morigaon

Fifty-year-old Niranjan Mandal and his family members are now living near an embankment after the Brahmaputra river flooded everything in central Assam’s Morigaon district. They are now living in a temporary shed near an under-construction embankment. Many people had already left Morigaon and moved to other safer places. “We are now living in a temporary shed near this under-construction embankment after losing my home, and land. The River Brahmaputra swallowed our entire village. After losing everything, many families in our village have been forced to live in temporary sheds. Now the monsoon and flood season are coming and we are still so worried about it. We don’t know what will happen,” Niranjan Mandal. “Last year one village was completely eroded in front of my eyes. 5-6 villages of this area were swallowed by the River Brahmaputra. At least four school buildings, temples were eroded due to river erosion in recent times. As many as 500-600 families have been affected due to river erosion and many of them have moved to other places,” Jiten Deka said.