India’s Digital India drive has expanded connectivity, but the rural-urban digital divide persists, highlighting the need for better infrastructure, literacy and local-language access.
India’s emerging National Urbanization Policy could reshape urban planning, but its success in Assam and the Northeast will depend on flexible, region-specific governance and funding.
Assam needs to transform soil conservation into a core flood-management strategy, using watershed restoration, better mapping and nature-based measures to reduce runoff and erosion.
Guwahati’s street vending crisis worsens as delayed relocation to 81 designated zones fuels congestion, encroachment, waste and pedestrian safety concerns.
