Assam has 15 of India’s 25 districts most vulnerable to climate change

Fifteen of India’s 25 districts most vulnerable to climate change were in Assam, the State’s Science, Technology and Climate Change Minister Keshab Mahanta told the 126-member Assembly on Friday.

Of these 15 districts, Karimganj was the most vulnerable in the country, he said while replying to a question by BJP legislator Mrinal Saikia.

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