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<image:caption>Deepor Beel, a Ramsar-listed wetland on the southwestern edge of Guwahati, remains an important ecological landscape amid rapid urbanisation. (Image: Hirakjyoti Bayan/ Wikimedia Commons/ CCBY-SA 4.0)</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The Saraighat Express crosses a railway bridge over Deepor Beel, illustrating the close intersection of transport infrastructure and the wetland ecosystem. (Image: Abhinav Phangcho Choudhury/Wikimedia Commons/CCBY2.0)</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The tranquil waters of Deepor Beel form an ecological refuge amid the rapidly urbanising landscape of Guwahati. (Image: Renzut/Wikimedia Commons/CCBY-SA 4.0)</image:caption>
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<news:title>Deepor Beel’s shrinking silence: Can Assam balance development and ecological survival?</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/opportunities/rfp-endline-evaluation-of-demonstrating-change-in-the-lives-of-climate-change-affected-vulnerable-communities-wateraid-india</loc>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/opportunities/agriculture-trainer-fairtrade-india-project-csm</loc>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/opportunities/programme-manager-environment-livelihood-skilldevelopment-education-fiinovation</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-11T05:43:58.784Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Programme Manager-(Environment/ Livelihood/ SkillDevelopment/ Education), Fiinovation</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/opportunities/energy-advisordeutsche-gesellschaft-für-internationale-zusammenarbeit-giz-gmbh</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-11T05:34:36.470Z</news:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/opportunities/programme-officer-marketing-of-agriculture-produces-kamalnayan-jamnalal-bajaj-foundation-kjbf</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-11T05:30:00.251Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Programme Officer (Marketing of Agriculture produces), Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation (KJBF)</news:title>
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