{"id":209534,"date":"2022-10-06T20:08:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=209534"},"modified":"2022-10-06T20:08:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:38:57","slug":"calamity-prone-urban-indias-worrying-storyline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/calamity-prone-urban-indias-worrying-storyline\/","title":{"rendered":"Calamity-prone \u2014 urban India\u2019s worrying storyline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Calamity-prone \u2014 urban India\u2019s worrying storyline\u201d <\/strong>published in\u00a0The Hindu<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a06th<\/sup> October 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 3 – Disaster Management<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance:\u00a0<\/strong>climate action plans and problems associated with it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>There has been an increase in unfavorable weather phenomenon these days. Mostly urban cities suffer due to the lack of proper mitigation mechanism.<\/p>\n

These weather calamities have impacted Delhi (2013, 2021), Mumbai (2005, 2017), Chennai (2015, 2021) in the past and the most recent one is Bengaluru.<\/p>\n

Karnataka government announced a \u20b9900 crore project in November 2021 after flooding and this year they have announced an anti-encroachment drive.<\/p>\n

However, these measures are not helpful and there is a need for proper climate consciousness in the planning process.<\/p>\n

What are the impacts of extreme weather phenomenon?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

It causes extensive losses to property and life.<\/p>\n

For example, Mumbai reportedly lost \u20b914,000 crore between 2005 and 2015 while the figure for Chennai was an estimated \u20b915,000 crore in 2015 alone.<\/p>\n

There are also social and human costs involved which is mostly borne by the poor section of the society.<\/p>\n

What are the problems with climate action planning in urban cities?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Master plan:<\/strong> Urban cities in India lack master planning. For example, Bengaluru has not had a master plan to control its development since 2015.<\/p>\n

65% of urban settlements in India do not have a master plan. The cities that have master plan usually do not address issues of environmental protection or mitigating climate change.<\/p>\n

Local governments:<\/strong> The powers to prepare a master plan lie with the state government and the local governments are only reduced to stakeholders without much authority.<\/p>\n

Old plans:<\/strong> The plans present in cities are old and some of them vary with the present mapping.<\/p>\n

For example, <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. the Drainage Master Plan for Delhi was drafted in 1976 and a new plan is only just being implemented.<\/li>\n
  2. the drainage lines in Bengaluru as per the 2015 Master Plan vary significantly from the drains mapped by the municipality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Moreover, there are problems associated with the new climate action plans also.<\/p>\n

    What are the issues with the present climate action plan being drafted?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

    City administrations of Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Nagpur among others have begun adopting climate action plans.<\/p>\n

    The Mumbai plan covers all aspects of the city\u2019s environment from flooding to air pollution and aligns itself with the national goal of net-zero emissions.<\/p>\n

    However, the plan lacks statutory backing. It does not prescribe any regulatory controls and there are a series of recommended measures that can be adopted by the authorities\/citizens.<\/p>\n

    These plans are made with the consultation of experts but there is hardly any public participation involved. This reduces the plan\u2019s credibility.<\/p>\n

    What can be the course of action?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

    First,<\/strong> there is a need to create a comprehensive climate action plan for all major Indian cities.<\/p>\n

    Second,<\/strong> the plans should be given statutory backing by bringing them within the ambit of the city\u2019s master plan.<\/p>\n

    Third,<\/strong> there is also need to involve public consultation in plan preparation process. This would be effective in highlighting issues of underserved neighborhoods which are often overlooked by decision-making bodies.<\/p>\n

    Fourth,<\/strong> there is also a need for an environmental protection agency to proactively tackle issues related to climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Source: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cCalamity-prone \u2014 urban India\u2019s worrying storyline\u201d published in\u00a0The Hindu\u00a0on\u00a06th October 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Disaster Management Relevance:\u00a0climate action plans and problems associated with it. News: There has been an increase in unfavorable weather phenomenon these days. Mostly urban cities suffer due to the lack of proper mitigation… Continue reading Calamity-prone \u2014 urban India\u2019s worrying storyline<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10498],"class_list":["post-209534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700762834},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}