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Four more dead in Assam due to floods as toll rises to 86 since onset of monsoon; over 1,300 villages still deluge-hit
• 6 years agoFour more people died on Monday due to floods in Assam, mounting the toll to 86 this monsoon season.
Floods in Bihar, Assam claims 170 lives till Monday; 1.07 crore people still reeling under effect of disaster
• 6 years agoFloods in Bihar and Assam have claimed 170 lives till Monday with 1.07 crore people still reeling under the effect of the deluge in the two states.
Assam NRC: 6 kill self in 13 days as state prepares final list; lack of recourse pushes residents to edge, say activists
Syeda Ambia Zahan • 6 years agoAt least six people have committed suicide in Assam in 13 days due to issues relating to NRC, the final list of which will be published on 31 July
Flash floods affect 13,000 people, 43 villages in Assam; Brahmaputra river flowing above danger level
• 6 years agoFlash floods caused by heavy rain in Assam in the last two days have swamped at least 43 villages and affected the lives of around 13,000 people.
Bogibeel Bridge opened: North Assam residents hopeful for better future, but fear environmental damage, demographic changes
Sanjib Baruah • 6 years agoWhat used to be a three-hour journey across the Brahmaputra in the past is now just a 7-minute sauntering drive, after the inauguration of the Bogibeel bridge.
Firstpost Editor's Picks: Assam before Bogibeel Bridge, KCR's third front dreams, Delhi pollution levels; today's must-read stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoWhile many parties have accused KCR of working in tacit understanding with the BJP to defeat Congress, it will be impossible for Stalin or Mamata to be associated with a grouping that has BJP in it.
Memoirs of ferry rides: Brahmaputra and a trip down memory lane to Assam's Sonari ghat before the Bogibeel Bridge
Dowerah • 6 years agoThe Bogibeel Bridge will, indeed, create history, but it won't wipe away the memories of all those like me who traversed across the banks on boats.
Bogibeel Bridge: Narendra Modi to gift nation 4.6-km marvel and country's longest rail-road bridge over Brahmaputra today
Fp Staff • 6 years agoLocated just over 20 kilometre from the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, the Bogibeel bridge will connect Dibrugarh in Assam to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh. It has three lane roads on top and a double line rail below
Bogibeel bridge: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'gift' to nation may be bogged down by trouble with land rates
Sanjib Baruah • 6 years agoIt has been widely reported that Modi will inaugurate the around Rs 4,800-crore bridge on 25 December.
Fresh wave of floods hits Assam; Brahmaputra and tributaries flow above danger mark; four districts affected
• 7 years agoIn the last two waves of floods in Assam, at least 50 people had died. Dhemaji is the worst-hit district this time.