Rising waters may leave mumbai at sea By the year 2050 the sea level might rise upto 50cm which will be lethal to Mumbai city.Alex De Sherbinin and two scholars
from the columbia university are incharge of this reasearch and have also published in the journal "Environment and
Urbanisation" reveal that this rise in the sea level caused by global warming might make cities close to the sea such as Mumbai uninhabitable. They
have picked out 3 major cities including Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro which are more susceptible to nature''s wrath based on
the disaster management of these cities especially Mumbai because of its poorly maintained
drainage systems.
Mumbai''s location as a low lying area and the way it disposes sewage and industrial wastes into the sea and into the
atmosphere has also increased the risk of heavy storms and floods as was seen in 2005 where because of floods many died, were stranded as the
railway tracks were filled with rainwater and many properties ruined.But even though we have recieved a warning from nature there is no immediate action plan to rectify Mumbai''s drainage systems
Though projects are underway to improve the city''s drainage system this might be useless if the sea level rises because
the railway lines have to be elevated and the drains
have to be upgraded to tackle this problem.
The researchers also say that because of the sub surface of the land shifting, buildings might become structurally
instable causing many highrises to crumble and fall which will inturn lead to death and destruction.The land is going to face the brunt of this as it wont be able to take up the burden if sea level rises.
This will be a grave problem since almost half of mumbai''s population live in slums where combatting against storms and floods are impossible and despite having a grand disaster management plan and the support of its people mumbai is still noT prepared for what is to come in the coming years.And if no action is taken soon Mumbai along with other coastal areas will be underwater in the next 100 years.