They have been insulted, reproached and corrupted by the government and political brokers since time immemorial. Besides population growth rate is quite high among this community. Even a small family has eight to ten children. The Char people are always blamed by the government for their growing birth rate which brings a lot of miseries to the life of women in particular and pose a great threat of population explosion in general. But it is not sufficiently realised that if these families are empowered through education and decent livelihood, the birth rate will automatically come down.
Most families raise large number of children to supplement meagre family income.
It is time the Assam government chalked out a policy regarding the char inhabitants, their education, economic well-being and floods and their impact.