ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the nature of riverbank erosion in Rohmoria and the growing discontent of the affected people, through measurements in the geographic information system (GIS) environment complemented by frequent field visits. With unabated bank erosion, the most affected adjoining areas in the downstream direction from Nogaghuli and up to the Balijan tea garden further upstream, were being associated with the name Rohmoria. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Rohmoria became known as the place affected by the fastest riverbank erosion in the entire Brahmaputra Valley. The tendency of the channel-belt to increase in width caused rapid erosion and bankline migration, bringing the Brahmaputra River closer to Rohmoria. The dissatisfaction of the people about the lack of action by the administration to check erosion led to the formation of an amorphous body called the Rohmoria-Lahoal-Rongagorah-Bokdung Baan Protirodh Samity in 1979.
