Assam floods: What turned a safe village into a disaster zone?
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“Everything got washed away in a matter of hours,” said Mahesh Barhoi, a resident of Nepalikhuti village in Assam’s Sivasagar district, near the border with Nagaland.
When devastating floods swept through the district in July, they left a trail of destruction by killing nearly 50 people and wiping out entire villages like Nepalikhuti.
While Assam battles floods every year, the July catastrophe was different – Nepalikhuti had never seen a flood before.
What caused this unprecedented flood?
How is it connected to illegal mining?
We travelled to Assam and Nagaland to find out.
Watch our ground report.
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