2.8 feet rise in sea level by 2100 could cost TN, AP, Kerala vast stretches of land; Mumbai Most Vulnerable
2.8 feet rise in sea level by 2100 could cost TN, AP, Kerala vast stretches of land; Mumbai Most Vulnerable
Sharing studies by Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad, the government told Lok Sabha that the sea level rise between 1990 and 2100 can make west coast stretches like Khambat and Kutch in Gujarat, Mumbai and parts of Konkan and south Kerala ‘most vulnerable’. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Environment said the sea-level rise is likely to threaten deltas of the Ganga, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, and Mahanadi on the east coast.
The 2.8 feet rise may seem to be small but when it comes to river Cauvery it will mean annihilation of a large chunk of land. The combine land loss along the sea coast and along the riverside will be huge. The beaches will get closer and the farm-lands on the sides of rivers such as Cauvery and Godavari will be completely submerged.
