Overview
- Organisers say Salman Khan’s Being Human foundation partnered with Global Sikhs under the joint Aashiana initiative and pledged to build 500 homes for families displaced by Assam’s recent floods.
- As of Thursday, August 6, 2026, teams have completed 220 semi-permanent houses in Nepali Khuti in Sivasagar district and are allocating them to individual families.
- The homes use bamboo frames and tin sheeting to be more flood-resistant and inexpensive, with organisers estimating a per-unit cost of Rs 35,000 to Rs 40,000.
- Builders report a practical output of about eight to ten houses per day, a pace that organisers say allows rapid scale-up of shelter provision in the hardest-hit areas.
- Beyond immediate shelter, the effort aims to shift relief from short-term aid to longer-term recovery and could reduce repeated displacement in seasonal floods if construction and land access continue to be secured.