Almost 90 per cent of Indians are more vulnerable to public health issues, food shortages and increased risks to deaths due to the deadly heat waves fuelled by climate change in 2022, research by the University of Cambridge revealed on Thursday. The study, published in the PLOS Climate journal at a time when several parts of India are already in the throes of rising
Independent experts are of the view and are making an attempt to bring this to the attention of the authorities for better living conditions when BDD Chawls, Dharavi and other similar localities are redeveloped.