The Mighty Brahmaputra divided through four countries India, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh and also divides the state of Assam nearly into two halves. The river system consists of multiple channels and water bodies, and a 5,80,000 sq km basin spread.
However, excessive rains over time have left it reeling with multiple lives displaced or lost, as well as villages, crops and basic infrastructure destroyed.
The naturally dynamic and unstable Brahmaputra river deposits vest amounts of silt brought from Tibet, where it originates to Assam’s flood plains surrounded by hills. As a result, this cause erosion and floods.
Furthermore, the situation has been worsened by manmade interventions.
Over the past six decades, Assam governments have spent over Rs,30,000 crore on building embankments across the Brahmaputra river.
Moreover, habitation, deforestation and population growth in catchment areas have compounded of the problem further.
And the flood situation in Assam is extremely serious, especially in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP). The frequency of floods in KNP has increased in the last couple of years. Thr Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Laohkowa Wildlife Sanctuary and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, have also been inundated by the flood wave by environmentalist Apurba Ballav Goswami.