Monsoon is here and so are devastating floods in Assam and Bihar. In this episode, host Bibek Bhattacharya speaks to water researcher Amitangshu Acharya on how our obsession with controlling rivers is leading to more floods.

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25: Assam and Bihar floods I In conversation with Amitangshu Acharya I How dams and embankments lead to floods |

JUL 31, 202018 MIN
Mint Climate Change Tracker

25: Assam and Bihar floods I In conversation with Amitangshu Acharya I How dams and embankments lead to floods |

JUL 31, 202018 MIN

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Monsoon is here and so are devastating floods in Assam and Bihar. In this episode, host Bibek Bhattacharya speaks to water researcher Amitangshu Acharya on how our obsession with controlling rivers is leading to more floods.