Will Assam’s special panel to fight floods bring about a change?

Ravaged by floods every year, Assam has now decided to constitute a Flood and Erosion Protection Authority to strengthen the existing embankments and build new ones along the course of river Brahmaputra. But given that nearly 16 lakh people in the state remain affected with more than 1000 villages cut off, will only mending embankments help?

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