Question

What is the solution to the flood problem in assam

Answer 1

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The Brahmaputra river does not have definite river banks and every time takes its own course.this is the main reason. The volume of flows are enormous lasting only for a few days or couple of weeks every year. Thus, river training or constructing river bank retaining walls is a colossal waste of expenditure. Now let us understand why the river changes its course? It is because water tries to take its “line of least resistance” which means when the flow exceeds the transmission capacity of the river course, at that point it swells and this is the flood of the surroundings. The effects of snow melting in the Himalayan mountains due to climate change accelerates the discharge volume and even otherwise it is impossible to predict. China built the Zangmu dam in the upstream and this ameliorated the flooding somewhat, but protests in downstream Assam arose. Chinese hydro power plans to exploit the elevations are also causing the acceleration of floods. As far as India is concerned, it is better to shift the villages to higher altitudes by resettling and bring back the forests which were destroyed by these villages. This alone will be the wisest and logical solution instead of every year spending on flood releif, etc etc. Frankly, such logical solutions do not seem to attract the Government To put things simply, why allow people to live in flood plains? Why not relocate at higher and safe altitudes as a one-time expenditure? May be as always India needs external experts from world bank etc.

Answer 2

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