The Centre has cleared the decks for a strategic tunnel under the #Brahmaputra to transport soldiers to the #LAC with #China and bring about rapid development of the area with minimal disturbance to the environment. http://toi.in/zlrZmZ71/a24gk #press

#ClimateChange is accelerating Urbanization as the vulnerable may find difficult to survive

Not all journeys are made by choice, some may be forced. Climate Change is spinning the wheel:
With 7500 kms long coastline, #India becomes vulnerable with #GlobalWarming and increasing #SeaLevelRise. India’s #climate sensitive and inherently active #BayOfBengal is a mesh of several rivers’ deltas: #Brahmaputra, #Ganga, #Teesta, #Meghna to name a few...

https://www.theindianwire.com/environment/climate-change-is-accelerating-urbanization-as-the-vulnerable-may-find-difficult-to-survive-309498/

#ClimateCrisis #Migration

Ein Drittel Bangladeschs nach #Monsun unter Wasser

Die heftigen #Regenfälle haben zwei der Hauptflusssysteme im #Himalaya – den #Brahmaputra und den #Ganges, die durch Indien und #Bangladesch fließen – stark anschwellen lassen. Angesichts der Zehntageprognose befürchtete Bhuiyan, dass „im schlimmsten Fall“ insgesamt etwa 40 Prozent des Landes überflutet werden könnten.

https://orf.at/stories/3173586/

#Extremwetter