The prime contributing factor to landslides in Guwahati is anthropogenic, with unscientific cutting of hills and lack of proper drainage network identified as key issues. DDMA has marked 366 landslide-prone sites, emphasizing the need for prevention methods like afforestation and proper drainage systems.
Despite the Pollution Control Board’s prohibition, direct disposal of plastic waste in the Brahmaputra and its shore in Guwahati have posed a serious threat to aquatic life as well as human health. Find out more about the issue and its impact.
Learn about the choking of Borsola Beel in Guwahati due to encroachment, sewage drain, waste water, and garbage dumping. Despite conservation acts and court directives, the wetland is dying, and the government plans to construct a water treatment plant on the beel. Discover the reasons behind the decline of wetlands in Guwahati and its impact on floods in the city.
The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority’s plan to construct a water treatment plant on Borsola Beel has sparked protests from conservationists and residents. Conservationists are urging the chief minister to intervene and protect the wetland.
Guwahati: A vast part of Assam’s capital remained inundated till Friday morning after a heavy thundershower lashed the city the previous night causing.