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Assam loses Rs 200 crores every year due to floods: Economic survey

Assam suffers an average loss of Rs 200 crore every year due to devastating floods with nearly 40 percent of the state's total land declared as flood-prone.

Why focus only on cleaning Ganga in a drought year? Cong slams govt

Opposition members in Lok Sabha on Monday accused the government of diluting the importance of the Water Resources Ministry in a drought year by its emphasis only on the river Ganga and its cleaning.