India, June 17 -- The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) on Tuesday announced a USD 2.47 million fund to implement five urban resilience projects in 16 cities across five countries in Latin America and South Asia, including India.

These projects aim to benefit nearly 2.9 million people in Bhutan, Brazil, Honduras, India, and Sri Lanka by creating climate-resilient cities through integrated planning, innovation, and community participation. CDRI is a global coalition that focuses on improving the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risk.

CDRI said in a press statement that with a commitment of USD 2.47 million from the Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator Fund, the CDRI's trust fund, these pr...