A cloudburst or rampant deforestation - what is the real cause of the unprecedented Assam floods?

What are the reasons behind Assam's unprecedented floods this year? Well, the Assam Chief Minister Hemant Abispa Sarma says that there was a cloudburst in Nagaland and that cloudburst actually led to a strong water flow into Assam from Nagaland because this particular area, Shivsagar, is very close to the Assam-Nagaland border. But MET departments in Nagaland have said that there was no real cloudburst. They say that a cloudburst did not happen. It was heavy rainfall indeed, but it wasn't a cloudburst. So what do experts say is the reason for this flooding? Experts also point to rampant deforestation. They also point to illegal mining activities and even legal mining activities that have continued in this region that have reduced and possibly diminished in some areas the holding capacity of nature and of this land, the water holding capacity of this land. which is why when there's a cloud burst or when there's heavy rainfall, this water flows into areas like Assam, areas that you are seeing right now. And this water could have been controlled and this water could have been contained by the forests or by the riverbanks if that level of deforestation or that level of mining would not have happened. That's what several experts have said. The long term solutions that Assam requires is a control on that deforestation and mining and not temporary solutions like the ones that we will see. you