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The visible presence of the state in altering the river through infrastructure of various kinds, such as a barrage, canals, embankments, and roads is a paradox to its complete absence from people’s lives already rendered uncertain due to such infrastructure development
. The Government continues to build infrastructure and alter hydrological regimes, and people continue to adapt. This is not a linear narrative of helplessness and lack of agency, but a reflection of how people affected with floods develop practical knowledge to survive in challenging circumstances
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