Assam floods revive questions over ignored warning on riverbank mining | Guwahati News
Guwahati: More than four years before the Dikhow River unleashed devastating floods in Assam’s Sivasagar district, the state’s water resources department had warned that indiscriminate sand and stone excavation along its banks could alter the river’s course and trigger widespread destruction.So far, 45 people have died in Sivasagar district alone out of a statewide toll…