What Chennai (and India) must do to prevent urban flooding
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Floods disaster risk management climate resilience climate change Giriraj Amarnath
Date
12 November 21
Country
India
Summary
Chennai has seen a redux of what it witnessed in 2015: Some of the worst flooding in recent memory as extremely heavy rainfall pounded the city in the past few days. The city has not learnt any lessons from 2015. It should take a number of measures to prevent a recurrence, according to experts.
Giriraj Amarnath, principal researcher, disaster risk management and climate resilience, at the International Water Management Institute, told Down To Earth (DTE) that Chennai was a very ‘vulnerable’ city.
This was because of its density of population as well as underdeveloped infrastructure and poor management across institutions.
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DownToEarth