Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently announced that he would appoint a high-powered committee to find “a permanent solution” for Assam’s recurring flood problem. Much of the defining of the problem will have to happen before this committee is formed; its composition will reflect how the government chooses to define the problem. Solving Assam’s “flood problem” will be a complex balancing act. In order to define the problem satisfactorily, one must carefully consider the history of Assam’s complex encounter with floods. It will be prudent to define the problem carefully before rushing to find a “permanent solution”.

Source: Indian Express August 25, 2017 18:31 UTC