Parliamentary Secretary for Home Etowa Munda said the two probes would ascertain the real incident where several people have been injured in Bolbola on Wednesday. Munda , who visited the area and interacted with the flood-hit people on Thursday tried to quell the situation saying that the guilty would not be spared. On the other hand, Goalpara SP Nitul Gogoi, said that police resorted to lathi charge after the protesters refused to end the blockade despite repeated appeal. He further said that the situation went out of control when a section of the protesters tried to damage vehicles on the road.
The rivers of Northeast India are changing, and not for the better. Once lifelines of the region, they are now at risk due to glacial retreat, erratic rainfall and intensifying floods. On World Water Day 2025, the North-East India Water Talks, or NEIWT, sounded the alarm, submitting a memorandum to key policymakers, including the governor of Manipur, the chief minister of Tripura and water resources ministers from all Northeastern states. Their message was clear: Act now, or the region faces a dire water crisis.
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