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Climate Change in India:
Patterns, Impacts and the Solutions
Climate change is no longer a distant fear; it affected, and more than 2.5 lakh acres of
is India’s present reality. It is happening right cultivation land were under flood water. At
now and all of us are witnessing the least 29 lives were lost, while 20,000
devastating effect of climate disaster. Rising people had to be rescued till now. The
heat, unpredictable monsoons, intense floods revealed how poorly managed
rainfall, cloud blast, and melting Himalayan infrastructure can exacerbate climate
glaciers are melting dangerously in ways disasters.
that affect millions. The damages are not
only environmental but also social and 3. Himachal Pradesh and Other Disasters:
economic, demanding urgent attention. Himachal Pradesh has become one of
India’s most vulnerable states. In 2023,
Climate Risks in India: floods killed over 300 people, and in 2025,
cloudbursts and landslides again
1. Heat Wave: India is warming faster than
the global average. The World devastated the districts like Mandi, Kullu,
Meteorological Organization says that and queen of hills - Shimla. These
Asia, including India, is heating almost repeated tragedies highlight how
twice as quickly as the rest of the world. In deforestation, glacier retreat, and
2024, our country had seen its hottest reckless construction worsen rainfall
year since records started in 1901. impacts in the fragile Himalayas. Heavy
Prolonged heat waves caused over 43,879 rains in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu &
heatstroke cases and around 446 deaths Kashmir, combined with emergency dam
have been seen in just few years. The releases, caused the Ravi, Beas, and
impacts went beyond the health of Sutlej rivers to overflow.
countrymen. Agriculture yields fell, water 4. Yamuna Floods : The Yamuna river in
supplies dried up, and electricity demand Delhi crossed danger levels in August
sky rocketed. The monsoon, crucial for 2025, forcing 10,000 evacuations and
farming, has grown non friendly and causing 130 deaths. Uttarkashi in
unpredictable which continuously Uttarakhand saw a flash flood sweep
damages crops. Long dry spells are often away homes and hotels. Projects like the
followed by sudden heavy rainfall, leaving Char Dham highway, involving hillside
cities flooded and villages facing both cutting, have further destabilized already
drought and flood due to uncertain fragile slopes.
behavior of the nature. Climate change is
not just about weather, it is a challenge to
survival, livelihoods, and economic
stability.
2. The 2025 Punjab Floods: The Punjab
floods of August 2025 have shown us how
extreme weather and human actions
together can collectively cause this type
of disaster. The damage was staggering,
around 1,400 villages in 23 districts were
submerged, 3.5 lakh people were
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