A sombre reminder of life’s transience emerges when one looks at the lifeless picture of a man crushed under a fallen pillar at the Delhi airport as the city floods due to heavy rainfall. Of late, India has borne witness to multiple incidents of loss of life and damage to critical infrastructure due to extreme weather conditions.
In the last few months alone, the walls and pillars of several airports (including in the National Capital) have collapsed due to heavy rainfall. Such instances beg the question whether our smart cities have a climate-smart and disaster-resilient infrastructure to
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First Published: Jul 17 2024 | 9:30 PM IST
