Bridging the Healthcare Divide on the Brahmaputra with Boat Clinics
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By the Brahmaputra ( Vol: 56)
C-NES Newsletter (For the period April– June 2022) International Nurses Day The team felicitating the nurses of the Majuli Boat Clinic The team felicitating the nurses of the Majuli Boat Clinic The Barpeta Boat Clinic Unit I team felicitating the nurses of their unit Nurses Day is a special day to honour and celebrate the contributions…
River Reflections: Shifting Sands And Stressed Lives
Floods. Landslides. Environmental degradation. Pollution. It all adds up to a story of disappearing land, displaced lives and destroyed livelihoods along the Brahmaputra BySanjoy Hazarika |9 July, 2022 THE Brahmaputra has always been a great sediment carrier--after the Yangtze Kiang in China, it carries more silt and sand than any other river on earth. Thus the alluvial fans…
River Reflections: Brahmaputra’s Scowling Sky And Economy Of Sand
What happens when cities, such as Guwahati, grow with abandon, on the backs of a sand economy? The scowling sky glowered at us over the sparkling green of the fields and the shining tin roofs of a village hamlet, which reflected a few beams of the sun. We were chugging our way along a stream of…
Continuing the journeys on the river, new learnings and discoveries: River Reflections: Impermanence, Erosion, Migration On The Brahmaputra
The uncertainty of life and livelihoods is forcing many to migrate from the temporary silt islands, locally known as chars or saporis. by Sanjoy Hazarika https://www.indiaspend.com/river-reflections/assam-soil-erosion-migration-brahmaputra-flood-823388
Press Coverage – Book Launch
NE Positioned at the cusp of great changes: CM GUWAHATI, June 24: "People of the region are standing up to violence and turning their energy and skills to building a better, stronger, safer, pro¬ductive and stable society," said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. In prepared remarks which were read out on his behalf by Chandra…
Assam CM Says People Of NER Building Better, Safer And Stable Society: On The Cusp Of Great Changes
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has declared that the people of the region were "standing up to violence and turning their energy and skills to building a better, stronger, safer, productive and stable society." In prepared remarks which were read on his behalf by Chandra Mohan Patowary, Environment and Forest Minister, at…
Join Sanjoy Hazarika on his river journey
River Reflections: Impermanence, Erosion, Migration On The Brahmaputra The uncertainty of life and livelihoods is forcing many to migrate from the temporary silt islands, locally known as chars or saporis BySanjoy Hazarika |25 June, 2022 THE BRAHMAPUTRA, one of the most sediment-laden rivers in the world, is home to a geographical phenomenon--a unique network of an…
Reflections From A River: Returning To The Brahmaputra
It was broad, the water level was high, and it flowed perilously close to the road leading to Dibrugarh, the tea capital of Assam and India's tea city. It was the last week of April. From decades of travel in the region, I knew that the Brahmaputra would attain such heights and width--but only in…