Collaboration, not blame game, needed to tackle floods, says Nagaland Minister
Nagaland Minister Temjen Imna Along has called for a collaborative approach between Assam and Nagaland to address regional flooding. He urged against mutual blame, noting that both states have suffered significant damage from recent natural disasters.
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Inter-state cooperation is essential for effective disaster management and environmental policy in Northeast India.
Assam and Nagaland should avoid blaming each other for the devastating flood and adopt a collaborative approach to tackle natural disasters, Nagaland’s Tourism and Higher Education Minister Temjen Imna Along said.
Many in Assam believe illegal mining activities and large-scale felling in Nagaland contributed to the devastating flood in eastern Assam’s Sivasagar, Charaideo, and Jorhat districts. Since April, the flood in these and 13 other districts claimed 95 human lives and affected more than 7.5 lakh people so far.
“The Nagaland government has noted what Assam’s Chief Minister has conveyed. We are sure that the Chief Ministers of both the States are in touch regarding the natural calamities,” Mr. Along, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, said on Wednesday (August 5, 2026).
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