India: Assam turns to village disaster management committees to deal with worsening floods

Source(s): Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org

Residents of India’s northeastern Assam state are used to dealing with annual deluges. But as climate change brings worsening flooding, they are trying out a new tool to cope: a village disaster management committee reports Teresa Rehman for Reuters AlertNet.

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Themes Capacity development Community-based DRR Early warning Preparedness

Country and region India

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