Debojit Dutta

This the worst instance of floods in six decades because it has hit areas such as Sivasagar, Charaideo, and Jorhat that have no prior experience of such inundation. | Picture courtesy: Surujmukhi As it happens every year, there’s a flood that’s uprooting the lives of the people in Assam. But the July 2026 floods are unprecedented.

Shriya Roy is a multimedia editor at IDR, where she is responsible for managing and building video content. Prior to this, she was a journalist for six years across print, TV, and digital newsrooms. She worked as a researcher at NDTV, as a correspondent with The Indian Express, and as a multimedia editor at Feminism in India. Shriya received the Human Rights and Religious Freedom (HRRF) journalism grant in 2022 and produced a documentary exploring caste bias in grassroots cricket in India.