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Majuli, Assam

May 27, 2024

‘We are losing land to the Brahmaputra’

In this village in the island of Majuli, frequent floods over many decades have led to a loss of livelihoods around agriculture while other traditional occupations, such as boat-making, have been unstable sources of income.

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Nikita Chatterjee

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