Brahmaputra Waters

At least six employees of Assam's Inland Water Transport (IWT) Department have been arrested for allegedly not following safety norms which led to the capsizing of a boat carrying over 90 passengers in the Brahmaputra a few days ago, leaving two per

Assam's flood situation improved considerably on Monday with the water level having gone down in river Brahmaputra and its major tributaries, even as one more fatality was reported from Morigaon district.

As part of efforts to prevent annual floods in Assam, a pilot project to divert water from the Brahmaputra and its tributaries during the monsoon will be initiated soon, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today.

China has started sharing hydrological data on Brahmaputra and Sutlej rivers, an annual exercise of giving information on these two water bodies to India, sources said on Tuesday.

China's plan to start construction of a controversial hydropower project on the river Brahmaputra may become the new irritant in ties with India amid a pullback by both sides after nearly a year of a tense standoff in Ladakh. India fears that the Chinese project may disrupt downstream river flows, worsen water shortages and even cause flash floods....

The government on Wednesday said any attempt by China to set up a hydropower station on the Brahmaputra river will act as an encroachment on the entitled rights of lower riparian states like India and Bangladesh and adversely affect the availability of water in its basin during the lean season.

Gautam Das and family are camping on this Brahmaputra river embankment for a week, ever since their village at Palashbari got flooded. The waters have receded now. But this 45-year-old wage labourer laments that the government relief has come late to his village that is just 30 km away from capital Guwahati.

Rains flood this area every year. This year, floods first came in June but the water receded, and then came this week's deluge. Volumes of water from the swelling Bramhaputra is flowing into the Beki on whose floodplains rests Barpeta's Kalgachia village, leading to unprecedented inundation. The only things visible other than water are submerged hu...

A severe flood warning was issued for Assam and Arunachal Pradesh today after the water in the Brahmaputra river started flowing above danger mark and heavy rainfall continued in the state for the third day.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today spoke to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and enquired about the rising water levels of the Mahananda river and assured him of all help from the central government for the protection of the people of the state.

Heavy rain alert: The flood situation in Assam remains grim after the water level of the Brahmaputra river continued to rise in Guwahati. The state has been witnessing heavy downpour for the last few days. There is a red alert for heavy rain in Assam, Meghalaya and Bihar today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today opened the Bogibeel railroad bridge in Assam, billed as India's longest railroad bridge. Its foundation was laid in 1997. The five-kilometre structure spans the waters of the mighty Brahmaputra River. Bogibeel bridge will connect Assam's Dibrugarh and Dhemaji districts, bordering Arunachal Pradesh. It will cut the...

The foundation stone for Assam's Bogibeel Bridge may have been laid in 1997, but it is only today that the double-decker rail-and-road bridge will open to traffic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do the honours. Billed as India's longest railroad bridge, the five-kilometre structure spans the waters of the mighty Brahmaputra River. Bogibeel Bridg...

For the second time in a fortnight, China has alerted India of a possible flood-like situation in the Brahmaputra river in Arunachal Pradesh after a landslide blocked water upstream in Tibet, a senior Water Resources Ministry official said on Wednesday.

At least Assam six districts have been hit by floods as torrential rains in Arunachal Pradesh raised the water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries downstream on Saturday, affecting more than one lakh people, official sources said.

At least six employees of Assam's Inland Water Transport (IWT) Department have been arrested for allegedly not following safety norms which led to the capsizing of a boat carrying over 90 passengers in the Brahmaputra a few days ago, leaving two per

Assam's flood situation improved considerably on Monday with the water level having gone down in river Brahmaputra and its major tributaries, even as one more fatality was reported from Morigaon district.

As part of efforts to prevent annual floods in Assam, a pilot project to divert water from the Brahmaputra and its tributaries during the monsoon will be initiated soon, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today.

China has started sharing hydrological data on Brahmaputra and Sutlej rivers, an annual exercise of giving information on these two water bodies to India, sources said on Tuesday.

China's plan to start construction of a controversial hydropower project on the river Brahmaputra may become the new irritant in ties with India amid a pullback by both sides after nearly a year of a tense standoff in Ladakh. India fears that the Chinese project may disrupt downstream river flows, worsen water shortages and even cause flash floods....

The government on Wednesday said any attempt by China to set up a hydropower station on the Brahmaputra river will act as an encroachment on the entitled rights of lower riparian states like India and Bangladesh and adversely affect the availability of water in its basin during the lean season.

Gautam Das and family are camping on this Brahmaputra river embankment for a week, ever since their village at Palashbari got flooded. The waters have receded now. But this 45-year-old wage labourer laments that the government relief has come late to his village that is just 30 km away from capital Guwahati.

Rains flood this area every year. This year, floods first came in June but the water receded, and then came this week's deluge. Volumes of water from the swelling Bramhaputra is flowing into the Beki on whose floodplains rests Barpeta's Kalgachia village, leading to unprecedented inundation. The only things visible other than water are submerged hu...

A severe flood warning was issued for Assam and Arunachal Pradesh today after the water in the Brahmaputra river started flowing above danger mark and heavy rainfall continued in the state for the third day.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today spoke to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and enquired about the rising water levels of the Mahananda river and assured him of all help from the central government for the protection of the people of the state.

Heavy rain alert: The flood situation in Assam remains grim after the water level of the Brahmaputra river continued to rise in Guwahati. The state has been witnessing heavy downpour for the last few days. There is a red alert for heavy rain in Assam, Meghalaya and Bihar today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today opened the Bogibeel railroad bridge in Assam, billed as India's longest railroad bridge. Its foundation was laid in 1997. The five-kilometre structure spans the waters of the mighty Brahmaputra River. Bogibeel bridge will connect Assam's Dibrugarh and Dhemaji districts, bordering Arunachal Pradesh. It will cut the...

The foundation stone for Assam's Bogibeel Bridge may have been laid in 1997, but it is only today that the double-decker rail-and-road bridge will open to traffic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do the honours. Billed as India's longest railroad bridge, the five-kilometre structure spans the waters of the mighty Brahmaputra River. Bogibeel Bridg...

For the second time in a fortnight, China has alerted India of a possible flood-like situation in the Brahmaputra river in Arunachal Pradesh after a landslide blocked water upstream in Tibet, a senior Water Resources Ministry official said on Wednesday.

At least Assam six districts have been hit by floods as torrential rains in Arunachal Pradesh raised the water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries downstream on Saturday, affecting more than one lakh people, official sources said.