July 27, 2024, New Delhi: The day flood killed three youths in a building basement
A National Capital Region resident warns that the authorities are ignoring changing rain patterns at their peril
OPINION
LEAD STORY
LEAD STORY
OPINION
July 26, 2005, Mumbai: I walked for hours through waist-high water, as news of deaths poured in
- by Chandrima S. Bhattacharya
- July 26, 2026
Exactly 21 years back, a flood triggered in Mumbai by excessive rain killed more than a thousand people and gave us the first lesson on climate change pushing prosperous urban zones into the realm of acute risk. A former Mumbai resident recounts her experience