THE FLOOD AFFECTED PEOPLE OF ASSAM
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DECEMBER 2000
26 Erosion-hit school to be shifted
24 Govt to take preventive measures to control floods
23 Majuli bandh hits normal life
19 12-hr Majuli bandh called on Dec 21
19 Minister takes stock of model testing of anti-erosion steps
16 Flood relief materials distributed
09 Relief materials distributed
07 Why doesn't E & D deptt take steps to check erosions now?
05 Xatras from Majuli shifting to safer places
02 PM's assurance on Brahmaputra havoc
NOVEMBER 2000
30 Golondi becomes Udalguri farmers' sorrow
30 International Red Cross in rescue act of Assam flood victims
29 Centre okays implementation of Pagladiya dam project
28 Flood control projects : Centre stops release of fresh funds
27 Erosion threatens Borbil dyke
24 People repair embankment
22 Rally demanding solution to flood
21 Assistance to erosion victims of Barak river
12 Red Cross on post-flood relief mission in state with materials
09 Cachar villages threatened by Barak erosion
06 Embankment near Borbil faces threat of erosion
01 Erosion by Barak causes concern
OCTOBER 2000
31 Govt apathy to repair Samarajan breach resented
30 New problem crops up for Majuli inhabitants
29 Devastating flood in Barak renders 1,000 homeless
29 Controlling floods in State - AGP to put pressure on Centre
26 Lakhs spent on broken road, but to no avail
22 Huge portion of residential land eroded by Barali river
21 Fate of Pagladia project uncertain
20 Red Cross relief to flood victims
18 Tea gardens facing extinction threat
17 Dakshin Nakheti, Dokoha farmers in dire straits
14 APCC urges construction of bunds in flood-hit areas
03 'Existence of Majuli endangered'
SEPTEMBER 2000
29 Erosion causes surmountable havoc
24 Dam breached, 10 villages inundated at Itakhola
24 SBI donates Rs 10 lakh for flood victims
22 Rangiya floods : Damaged crops seal villagers' fate
21 Flood-hit rehabilitated at Panikhati
21 When classes are held in cowsheds!
21 Floods play havoc in Bishanpur, Thoubal dists of Manipur
18 Flood situation in South Kamrup grim
12 Changing course of swollen Barnadi renders hundreds homeless
11 MP visits flood-hit areas
11 UNICEF help assured for erosion-hit people of Majuli
10 Villagers repair embankment
10 Tripura road communication disrupted
08 Scramble for land in Majuli
08 Tezpur University facing threat from erosion
08 Landslide at Shillong
08 Meeting for solving artificial flood
06 Barnadi's changing course poses threat to Nagrizuli TE
06 Barak, 3 States cut off, but no food scarcity
04 Handique draws Centre's attention over flood
04 No end to woes of flood-hit Barbhag area
04 Flood control is Centre's liability: Gogoi
03 Creation of reservoirs mooted for flood control
03 Several villages submerged in Manipur floods
02 Manipur reels under floods
01 Unique protest at Nalbari draws huge crowd
AUGUST 2000
31 Vast areas submerged by Jia-Bhorali
31 Sit-in-demo in front of DC's office
31 Floods affect 20 villages in Jonai
30 Bijoya's help sought to tame floods
29 Red Cross team visits Bhuragaon
29 Help sought for flood-hit people
27 Jonai flood scene grim
26 SDO gheraoed
26 Relief provided by Surjya Mukhi Natya Gosthi
24 Sit-in demonstration by citizens held
24 RK Mission Ashram undertakes flood-relief work
24 Nalbari still reels under floods
22 Embankment breached
22 Army plays commendable role in rescue and relief operations
22 Erosion posing great threat to south Kamrup
22 Irate public gherao Tangla Police Station
22 Canadian Radarsat employed for assessing flood damage in State
21 Floods cause extensive damage to roads, paddy
20 Chinese connection in Arunachal floods confuses Centre
19 Rs 140-cr flood relief for Arunachal demanded
19 Downpour disrupts life in city yet again
18 Dist Cong chief demands flood relief
18 Deplorable roads create havoc in Nalbari during monsoon
18 Unprecedented flood wreaks havoc in Darrang district
18 Minister visits flood hit areas
17 Epidemic claims 3 in Nalbari
17 Erosion threatens Khairabari Nepaligaon in Udalguri
16 Nona changes course, threatens NH 31
16 Delegation to prepare three-month action plan for flood victims
16 Flood situation improves
14 30,000 people badly affected by floods
14 Flood situation in S Salmara, Mankachar
14 7 persons die in recent flood in Bongaigaon district
13 Relief for marooned livestock and poultry
13 Solve flood problem: SUCI
13 Flood situation in State improves, Govt to assess damage
13 Flood relief funds: 'Atul's charges unfortunate'
12 Flood havoc in Kaithalkuchi area
12 TGP demands CBI probe
12 UK gives 250,000 pounds for Assam flood victims
12 Villagers take flood control in their own hands, wreak havoc
11 Nagaland, Manipur areas cut off
11 No Action Plan for controlling Assam floods
11 Road links still snapped
10 NH-44 yet to be restored
10 Overall flood situation improving
10 Face the floods unitedly [Editorial, The Assam Tribune, Aug 11, 2000]
10 Ordeal by Floods [Editorial, The Sentinel, Aug 11, 2000]
10 Bandh hits normal life at Bilasipara
10 Mahanta visits Mangaldai
09 Death toll 30 : Flood situation deteriorates
09 Assam demands Rs 200 cr for flood relief
08 3 arrested for stealing relief materials
08 Army taking a leading role in flood rescue operations
07 People facing a harrowing time
07 Flood situation in Arunachal turns grim
07 Indian floods claim 123 lives, survivors battle disease, hunger
06 Recognise floods as national problem : AASU
06 Flood-hit people of Barbhag crying for relief
06 No let up in flood scene in State, toll rises to 18
05 Flood continues to wreak havoc all over the State
04 Pune-based body moots plan to tackle floods
04 Situation in flood affected areas worsen
04 APCC criticizes Govt on floods
04 Flood situation still grim
03 Fresh wave of flood creates havoc in 16 districts of Assam
03 Over 9 lakh people hit by floods
03 Highway No.52 submerged at Magani
03 5000 shifted to relief camps in Tinsukia dist
03 Flood situation grim in Nalbari district
02 Rs 37-cr Central grant for Assam floods
02 Fresh floods in Doomdooma
01 Dhubri caught in the grip of devastating floods
01 Devastating flood by Pavoi-Ghogra river creates havoc
JULY 2000
31 Floods, erosion by Aie river posing threat
30 Kohima facing shortage of essential items
29 Erosion posing threat to Karia
27 Students union submits memo on erosions to Flood Control Minister
25 Chamdhora-Nabil dyke washed away by Jia-Bhorali river
24 49 erosion-hit families relocated
23 China to forewarn India on Brahmaputra floods
21 Dyke erected, erosion stopped, Dhubri saved, but contractors' woes unending
21 BJP wants Rohmaria protection by Centre
20 Erosion poses threat to AMC
19 Erosion threating more villages in Nalbari
19 Gossaigaon villagers demand protection from erosion
18 Jonai flood situation still grim
18 Concern over inadequate flood relief
15 Assam reels under flood fury, rivers in spate
14 Assam flood situation grim, toll rises to 14
13 Erosion threatens vast areas under Gohpur constituency
13 Condition of Highway No. 52 deteriorates further following floods
13 Flood situation worsens
12 BJP asks China to foot flood bills
11 Constant rain cause flash floods
11 Flash flood affects 1 lakh in Sonitpur
10 Arunachal floods: China confirms dam breach
10 Floods render roads unmotorable at Sootea
09 Timely action could have saved Neamatighat : Bijoya
08 'Extent of damage can be compared to that of 1950 earthquake'
08 Will this curse ever end?
08 Aie river threatens to shatter Kokrajhar
08 BJP demands compensation from China
08 Dhemaji flood scene worsens
08 Rains affect 186 Meghalaya villages
07 What does the Municipal Commissioner have to say?
06 China dam breach caused Arunachal floods
05 Floods affect normal life in State
05 Gogoi raps Centre for changing funding pattern for schemes
05 Flood damage : State seeks Rs 105 cr from Centre
04 Brahmaputra, tributaries rising
04 Puthimari embankment breached, 300 affected
03 Erosion threatens potters' village
03 Villages and TEs threatened by Samrang river
03 Erosion of Chandada river threatens Ulubari village
02 Erosion-hit Majuli sees no minister now
02 Broken embankment strips farmer of his livelihood
02 Will directive on relief be executed?
02 Air Force rescues 49 marooned people
JUNE 2000
30 Over 6 lakh people hit by floods
30 City drainage system fails to serve its purpose
29 Centre's Apathy To Flood Problem
29 No let-up in flood scene
29 'Arunachal flash floods may be due to burst in dam in Tibet'
29 Floods affect several villages in Goreswar
29 City deluged by showers, master plan gathers dust
29 Floods hit 1428 villages
28 Monsoon... time for Kaziranga's elephants to migrate
28 Nimatighat sinks for apathy and politicking
28 Rs 8-cr grant for Arunachal flood
28 Flood situation improving
27 Flood situation remains critical
26 Erosion at Neamatighat
26 Over 3 lakh people hit by floods
25 Floods hit Kokrajhar, Bilasipara and Nalbari
25 2 killed, 5 hurt in landslide
25 Flood situation still grim
24 Arunachal flood situation worsens
24 Road links to NE snapped
23 Flood situation grim
23 Second wave of floods in Assam
23 2 killed in landslide
23 Flood havoc all over Assam
22 Mithi asks Centre for flood relief
22 Dhemaji district cut off
22 55 families shifted to relief camps
21 Brahmaputra erosion threatens Jorhat
19 Irate public take up cudgels to fight flood menace
19 Wild animals cross over to KA hills to escape floods
19 3 buried alive in landslide in Noonmati
18 Brahmaputra rising alarmingly
18 Nimatighat on the verge of sinking into Brahmaputra
16 Rs 100-cr scheme on anvil for Rohmaria: Gogoi
16 Arunachal floods toll rises to 9
16 Five districts hit by floods
15 Vast areas of Jamugurihat inundated
15 Large areas of Gohpur flooded
15 Flood water inundating Bokakhat
15 Several villages inundated in Dhubri
14 Floods in Assam threaten wildlife reserve
14 Kaziranga staff alerted as flood menace begins
13 Flood alert in Kaziranga park; boats ready, traffic regulated
13 Assam flood claims four lives; Majuli worst hit
13 50 villages inundated in Majuli, no relief camp yet
13 Arunachal seeks Rs 1 cr from PM's relief fund
12 Miracle saves Assam ferry
12 First wave of flood claims 18 in Arunachal, 2 in Assam
12 Flash flood waters receding
11 Flash floods
11 Vast areas still vulnerable to floods
11 Siang water creates havoc in Dibrugarh
09 Assam readies for floods with gunny bags & bamboos
07 Floods hit 80,000 in Karimganj
07 Contractors stop all flood-protection works
06 AASU delegation seeks World Bank assistance
06 to solve floods problem
05 First wave of floods leave Hailakandi shattered
02 Stress on alertness during flood
02 GSS asks authorities to shun melodrama and solve flood menace
02 Flood, erosion threaten lower Majuli
02 The rains reveal all
01 Stormwater-flood creates hellish situation in city
01 Rain throws city out of gear
01 Waterlogging affects Jorhat
MAY 2000
31 Houses, roads submerged
30 30 families evacuated from Rohmaria
16 City reeling under flash flood water
10 First flood affects 20,000 in Karimganj, crops damaged
JANUARY 2000
13 Non-repayment of Central loan : Mounting debt to hit flood works
09 A tale of youths who are unwilling to give up
08 The tale of woes that fails to move those in corridors of power
07 2000 families fight for survival on Palasbari dyke
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