Deepor Beel Wetland

in Module
Published on: 04 April 2019

Taz Barua

Taz Barua is a research scholar at the Department of Political Science, Gauhati University.

The Deepor Beel is a prominent floodplain lake located in the south-west of Guwahati city in Assam. The module chronicles the relationships of the Deepor Beel wetland with the fast-growing city, with its birds and wildlife species and with the traditionally inhabiting fisher-people living around the Beel.