Local sources said the latest spate of erosion began around 9pm on Monday...

The Bhutni island on the Ganga was inundated and most areas in all three panchayats were under water...

At least 30 families near the river bank dismantled their houses to shift to safer places...

The district administration and the state irrigation department announced a red (secondary) alert along the banks of the Ganga and are keeping a close watch on the situation...

This is the second school which has been dismantled in a decade in the district because of erosion; the primary school has four teachers and 75 students...

Home and land swept away by Ganga, youth sees vote as duty...

Govt reports suggest Brahmaputra and its tributaries wash away over 8,000 hectares of land every year, over 4.27 lakh hectares since the 1950s...

The frequent change in the autumn address of the goddess is an indication of how the aggressive river is devouring its banks and changing the land map of the district...

Evicted residents get plots ...

Though irrigation department officials have promised necessary steps to combay erosion by the rivulet Kalindri, locals said they would rather save houses near the river and a high school...