Flooding in Guwahati

The following video clip depicts the results of heavy rains in Guwahati in early July 2008. While in many areas Guwahati has very deep gutter-systems in place to swallow these rains, these gutters often fill up with rainwater which then carries the sewage in the gutters into the streets.

In order to document this unsanitary flooding for you, the blog-reading public, I ventured out into the flooded streets to have lunch at a cafe close to the Pratham office in Guwahati.

What follows is a brief video documentation of my trip to and from said cafe.

Video Breakdown:
-Leaving the office (against the suggestions of my colleagues)
-Walking to the cafe (with my colleagues watching from above)
-Watching life underwater on R.G. Baruah Road, from the dry island of the cafe
-My favorite part of the clip: 1 minute 10 seconds in
-Returning back to the office (a little smarter this time)


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