BY Dharmappa Hagare, 360info

For all flood-prone cities of India, there is an urgent need to develop flood inundation maps.

Although Bollywood films are full of songs romancing the rains, the southwest monsoon brings massive disruption to the residents of Mumbai, which houses Bollywood.

Although the metropolis has been expanding at a fast pace, because of its coastal location and prevalence of creeks, it is prone to flooding during monsoon rains this time of the year.

The city gets flooded almost every year. In the past decade, there have been four notable years for flooding in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2023.

Mumbai’s floods result in large-scale disruption, crippling transport links and leading to loss of livelihood besides destroying infrastructure, property and causing massive injuries.

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