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ET Deep Dive: When Development Turns Disaster

ET Deep Dive: When Development Turns Disaster

Episode 1024 Published 4 days, 6 hours ago
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Climate change is making extreme weather more frequent and unpredictable. But are we making its consequences worse?

Across the Himalayas and the Western Ghats, glaciers are collapsing, rainfall patterns are shifting and landslides and flash floods are becoming increasingly destructive. At the same time, roads, hotels, hydropower projects and settlements are pushing deeper into fragile landscapes.

Reported by Alenjith K Johny, narrated by Anirban Chowdhury

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