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The Sundarbans: India must protect the world’s largest delta from a dystopian future, and now -Mukut Biswas

-Down to Earth

We must get out of ‘beyond disaster response’ mode in the Sundarbans and take urgent action to save it

The world seems to pay attention to the Sundarbans only when catastrophe hits. In the aftermath of both supercyclones Amphan and Yaas that ravaged the Sundarbans, non-profits, celebrities, clubs and citizens had organised several crowd funding initiatives to get the financial support to distribute relief materials to the cyclone victims.

It was indeed an encouraging gesture which helped the people of the Sundarbans to survive and deal with the calamity. But the magnitude of catastrophe that awaits the Sundarbans demands attention beyond disaster response.

Aila, Fani, Bulbul, Amphan and now Yaas have proved yet again how vulnerable the Sundarbans have become to the vagaries of climate change.

An analysis of cyclonic events in the Bay of Bengal over a period of 120 years indicates a 26 per cent rise in the frequency of high to very high intensity cyclones over this time period.

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