District Program Officer - Key Responsibilities - The job of District Program Officer (DPO) will require extensive travel by boat on the river Brahmaputra in order to provide primary health care services to people residing in the chars/saporis of that district. The DPO primary role will be to organize health camps which will involve routine…
C-NES is organizing a short term research study on livelihood and vulnerability in the char /sapori areas of Assam. We are calling for applications for research in Majuli district. Applicants must be graduates with Assamese and English language skill and experience of conducting surveys is preferable. MSW not required. Please post your applications to the…
Boat Clinic Shahnaz servicing remote islands in upper Assam’s Dhemaji district renovated and ready for health camps. https://twitter.com/CNESLive/status/1598607742004236289?s=20&t=Q0qWvpyWTZkvOfSJ8Adekw
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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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…