New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- In a wake-up call to the escalating challenges of climate change, a new report by researchers from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Guwahati and Mandi has identified at least 11 districts in India, including Patna (Bihar), Alappuzha (Kerala), and Kendrapara (Odisha), as being at 'very high' risk of experiencing both floods and droughts, necessitating immediate intervention.
The climate risk assessment report compiled jointly by the two IITs in collaboration with the Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), Bengaluru, categorised 51 districts in India under the "very high" flood risk category, with 118 more as "high" risk.
States like Bihar, Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Maharashtra are mos...