Context: Unpredictable nature, unbridled avarice and untrammelled urbanization have resulted in an unprecedented scale of destruction in cities.
Factors Responsible for Recurring Urban Flooding
Way Forward: Making cities permeable
Conclusion: We must not allow nature, human conduct, and urbanization to be mysti?ed and rendered as trans-historic villains and rebuild our cities such that they have the sponginess to absorb and release water.