• DAISEE BORPATRA GOHAIN

Flooding is the primary disaster affecting the Majuli chaporis and riverside villages along the Brahmaputra river. Along with floods, the regions face several persistent environmental and biological threats such as soil erosion, climate change, displacements, poverty, loss of agricultural lands and crops and damage to goods and property. These challenges make the communities highly vulnerable. However, many have developed innovative ways to adapt to their natural environment and transform disasters into opportunities. This study explores how local people navigate these challenges through grassroots strategies that foster resilience and growth. Based on the field surveys, interviews and spatial analysis, the study highlights successful examples of adaptation, particularly through sustainable rabi crop farming practices and community-based recovery initiatives. It argues that disaster management must go beyond mere recovery and instead focus on empowering local communities to thrive. Ultimately, the findings propose a shift in perspective that the communities of Majuli Kartik chapori and the riverside No.1. and No.2. Miri Gaon at Kokilamukh demonstrate that they are capable of transforming environmental challenges through their own efforts, alongside governmental and non -governmental support and relief measures.

Majuli, chapori, riverside communities, chang ghar, resilience, sustainable development.

"FLOOD DISASTER BY THE RIVER BRAHMAPUTRA : BUILDING RESILIENCE AND PROSPERITY IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AT KOKILAMUKH-MAJULI KARTIK CHAPORI AND RIVER SIDE NO. 1. AND NO. 2. MIRI GAON, ASSAM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no.f841-f850, May-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505692.pdf

"FLOOD DISASTER BY THE RIVER BRAHMAPUTRA : BUILDING RESILIENCE AND PROSPERITY IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AT KOKILAMUKH-MAJULI KARTIK CHAPORI AND RIVER SIDE NO. 1. AND NO. 2. MIRI GAON, ASSAM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no. ppf841-f850, May-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505692.pdf