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Guwahati: The Burhi Dihing River is eating Assam alive. Severe bank erosion has already wiped out 70 hectares of the Kotha Reserved Forest. The reserve spans roughly 400 hectares total. It holds valuable trees, rare orchids, and wildlife like elephants, deer, and wild boars.
The river keeps churning. It pulls the earth into the water, piece by piece. Local residents and environmentalists worry the coming monsoon will turn a bad situation into a catastrophe. They demand the Forest Department step in with erosion-control measures right now.
Critics say the forest is vanishing. Without intervention, they warn that the Kotha Reserved Forest could eventually exist only on official maps, as the Burhi Dihing continues to consume its land. They want the government to act before the remaining habitat disappears for good.
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