MANILA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 200-million-U.S. dollar loan to strengthen flood and riverbank erosion risk management along the 650-km-long main stem of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India.
The Manila-based bank project builds on the success and lessons from the ADB-financed Assam Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Risk Management Investment Program (2010-2020) a