Floods Wash Away India’s MDG Progress

Inter Press Service: The northeastern Indian state of Assam is no stranger to devastating floods. Located just south of the eastern Himalayas, the lush, 30,000-square-km region comprises the Brahmaputra and Barak river valleys, and is accustomed to annual bouts of rain that swell the mighty rivers and spill over into villages and towns, inundating agricultural lands and washing homes, possessions and livestock away. Now, the long-term impacts of such natural disasters are proving to be a thorn in the side of a government......

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