The overall flood situation has gone from bad to worse following the incessant rains that cripple normal life in the state during the last one week.
More and more areas in ten districts have come under the surging waters of the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries during the last 24 hours.
Flood waters on Saturday inundated new areas in Barpeta, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Sonitpur districts.
Over one lakh people have been reeling under flood in Barpeta district damaging 2,800 hectares of crops.
The Brahmaputra is still flowing above the danger mark in Nimatighat in Jorhat and Dhubri where roads, embankments and bridges were washed away.
New Delhi: India has emerged as the largest participant in the 9th annual City Nature Challenge (CNC), with 206 Indian cities among the 675 global participants. This collaborative citizen science event, running from April 26 to 29, is organized in India by WWF-India to encourage people to document and share images of wild plants, animals, and fungi using the iNaturalist app.
WWF-India is spearheading this initiative across several states, including Assam, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and New Delhi. Neha Raghav, Director of Environment Education at WWF-India, highlighted CNC's importance, saying, "CNC is a great opportunity to engage people of all ages in citizen...
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