Millions of people in Kolkata and Mumbai are at “immediate risk” of losing their homes to permanent inundation as sea levels rise, according to a United Nations report cited by news agency PTI.
The report, titled Challenges related to sea level rise and ways and approaches to address it, said more than 14 million people in low-lying deltas of South Asia, including Kolkata and Mumbai as well as Dhaka, face the risk of displacement due to permanent inundation.
