In May 2021, when Cyclone Yaas hit the eastern coast of India, a hospital in Bihar's capital Patna was inundated in the floods and patients had nowhere to go. In September 2021, parts of the national capital, Delhi, were waterlogged because of heavy rains and residents in some areas had to wade through knee-deep water to commute.
These incidents lay bare the vulnerability of India's critical infrastructure, including hospitals, roads, bridges and water treatment systems, to extreme weather events in a warming world. And as budget 2022-23 puts a renewed focus on infrastructure, experts say it must be 'climate-proof' and hazard-proof.
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