Guwahati, June 4 -- Sayantani Deb

Guwahati: "Prokitir niyam kuneo bhangibo nuware," no one can defy nature's rules, Jiten Pegu, a farmer from Charigharia village in Assam's Majuli district, said as he recalled the floods three years ago that submerged his Ahu rice crop.

The deluge arrived earlier than usual, in mid-June, catching many farmers like Pegu off guard.

"Crop damage is not new to us. But that year, we could not even store enough to eat, let alone sell. It was an anxiety-filled time," he told 101Reporters.

The year Pegu is talking about is 2022, when Assam faced three waves of devastating floods.

According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority data, Majuli witnessed the first phase from early April to mid-June, th...