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Date: Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Subject: Newsletter: Assam faces worst ever floods in 10 years
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Greetings from India Water Portal! This is our fortnightly newsletter bringing you news and knowledge from the past 15 days. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Lead Story Assam faces worst ever floods in 10 years - A video interview with Dr Partha Das, Aaranyak In June 2012, Assam faced its worst ever floods in the last 10 years. 125 people, including 75 children, died in the aftermath of the floods and landslides. A total of 23 lakh people across Assam in 11 districts, covering an area of 1 million hectares of land were severely affected. This article provides a brief background of the situation, through a video interview with Dr. Partha J Das, Programme Head, 'Water, Climate & Hazard (WATCH)' Programme, Aaranyak. Dr. Das talks about the impact of the floods in Assam, details some man-made reasons that caused this devastation, and suggests that perhaps we should try and accept the reality of floods in this region, and "live" with the Brahmaputra, rather than try to control it. Read more Articles Failing the grade: Cities across India are ignoring the informal recycling sector, says a report by Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group - Read more Videos: Sustainable Mountain Development Summit 2, Gangtok, Sikkim, May 2012 - Watch videos   Video: Mazhapolima participatory well recharge programme, Thrissur, Kerala - Watch video Traditional fisherfolk of Kerala - An article about their socio-economic organisation and the special relationship they share with the sea and the environment - Read more   Working with data - A workshop on understanding, visualising and mapping data, organised by Transparent Chennai, between 3rd to 5th August 2012- Read more "Study finds Ganga-Bhagirathi delta slowly disappearing into the sea" - Roundup of last week's news- Read more Opportunities India Water Portal invites applications for Fellows for "The Great WASH Yatra" Advanced Center for Water Resources Management (ACWADAM) invites applications for a scientist and researcher, Pune Livolink Foundation invites applications for senior executive for its Diversion Based Irrigation programme, Bhubaneswar - Apply by August 30, 2012 Events 5th edition of Gujarat Water Summit 2012, Confederation of Indian Industry, September 7-8 2012, Ahmedabad Kerala Environmental Sammelanam, September 2-3, 2012, Thiruvananthapuram You are receiving this email because you subscribed to our newsletter at www.indiawaterportal.org, or you requested us to add you to our mailing list, or you are special. Contact us  Like us on Follow us on subscribe to this newsletter | unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences