Archive · 22 Sep 2026
Assam Village Receives CSIR Post-Flood Resilience Technologies
Floods damaged homes and other facilities in Junakimandal Village in Assam.
The CSIR Smart Village Mission sent scientists to study the damage.
They checked houses and suggested ways to make them safer and stronger.
The team also held a workshop for more than 150 residents and officials.
The workshop showed affordable housing technologies for flood-prone areas.
One solar system can provide hot water and help keep rooms comfortable while using less energy.
Small machines can make bricks and blocks using local materials and may create village jobs.
Local workers will also receive training in safer construction methods.
The CSIR Smart Village Mission began recovery interventions in flood-affected Junakimandal Village, Titabor, Jorhat, Assam.
A CSIR-CBRI team surveyed damaged houses and recommended structural and non-structural repairs, retrofitting and strengthening measures.
More than 150 residents and officials attended an Awas Saksham workshop on disaster-resilient housing under PMAY-G.
Demonstrated technologies included solar-assisted hybrid systems, portable brick-block machines and proposed air-disinfection equipment.
CSIR-CBRI plans to train local masons and construction workers in safer, scientific construction practices.
- Who
- The CSIR Smart Village Mission, CSIR-CBRI scientists, local residents and government officials.
- What
- Post-flood surveys, resilient-housing demonstrations, technology proposals and construction training were initiated.
- When
- The field interventions were reported on 22 September 2026, after severe floods.
- Where
- Junakimandal Village, Titabor, Jorhat, Assam.
- Why
- To support recovery, improve housing and infrastructure resilience, and deploy affordable technologies in the flood-affected community.
- Mission
- CSIR Smart Village Mission
- Location
- Junakimandal Village, Titabor, Jorhat, Assam
- Workshop
- Awas Saksham: Technology Demonstration for PMAY-G Beneficiaries
- Participation
- More than 150 community members and government officials
- Energy technology
- Solar-assisted hybrid system claimed to save up to 75% of energy consumption compared with conventional systems
- Block production
- Portable machines can produce 800–1,000 blocks or 1,800–2,400 bricks in eight hours
- Planned training
- Local masons and construction workers will be trained in scientific construction practices