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Ishitha KishoreAIR 1

GS1GS1

Context/continuation from previous answer on urban infrastructure challenges

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Main Body

ii- Electricity guide are severely impacted

iii- Underground metro tunnels face water logging leading to discontinuation of services

eg Delhi metro

iv- Underpasses & tunnels become non-functional

eg Gurugram

Dredging in drainsPlow eg Mumbai
Sponge cities eg China

Planned cities eg Chandigarh

Measures

Blue green (metrics eg infrastructure committee)
Bioswales

As monsoons become sporadic, urban space necessarily have to account for risks of flooding & subsequent loss of critical infrastructure to achieve SDG 11: Sustainable cities

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  • Good use of examples
  • Clear identification of measures
  • Links to SDG 11
  • Systematic listing of problems

Topper

Ishitha Kishore

AIR 1

Subject & Paper

GS1GS1

Topic

Urbanization and Urban Planning

Urban Infrastructure Challenges

Flooding and Infrastructure Resilience

Writing Stats

81

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