Amartya Kumar Bhattacharya
Chairman and Managing Director, MultiSpectra Consultants, Kolkata , West Bengal, India.
Article Information
Received: April 9, 2020
Accepted: April 25, 2020
ABSTRACT
This paper studies the causes, features and management measures for floods in eastern and north-eastern India and Bangladesh. An exposition of the climatic, topographical, hydrogeological, riverine and other relevant features of the region, placed in the context of floods and flood management, is present in this paper. The ambit of the paper is north-eastern India, West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Keywords: Flood management; North-eastern India; West Bengal; Bangladesh