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Why houses in Assam are built on stilts?

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Houses in Assam are built on stilts because the state receives plentiful rainfall due to which there are chances of floods.
In case of flood, the water might get inside the houses, if the houses are built on ground level, so in order to avoid flooding of houses, houses are built on stilts and above the ground level.

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