Climate change: Assam has 15 of India’s 25 most susceptible districts

By Express News Service

GUWAHATI: Policymakers stare agape at recent local weather change information for Assam which has 15 of India’s 25 most susceptible districts.

Southern Assam’s Karimganj district, which shares a border with Bangladesh, tops the all-India chart, the state’s Minister of Science, Technology and Climate Change Keshab Mahanta advised the Assembly on Friday.

The 14 different Assam districts so as of vulnerability are Goalpara, Dhubri, Darrang, Sonitpur, Golaghat, Cachar, Barpeta, Kokrajhar, Tinsukia, Baksa, Morigaon, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar and Hailakandi.

The minister, who didn’t cite the explanations behind vulnerability, mentioned the state authorities was taking some steps to mitigate the issue.

He mentioned the federal government launched the Chief Minister’s Institutional Plantation Programme to boost carbon inventory by way of the plantation of native species and create consciousness amongst authorities officers on local weather change mitigation.

“The uniqueness of the programme is that the saplings planted have been geo-tagged for the monitoring of their growth for three years. So far, 50,780 institutions under the state government have participated in the programme and 2,43,451 saplings have been planted,” Mahanta mentioned.

He mentioned all departments had been concerned within the plantation drive and the efficiency of the Public Health Engineering was the perfect.

“Under the Chief Minister’s Climate-Resilient Village Fellowship Programme, 100 fellows will undertake a study in 100 villages to develop climate resilient models specific to these villages which could be taken up for developing as climate-resilient villages,” Mahanta mentioned.

Assam is extremely susceptible to local weather change because of its geographic proximity to the delta area and poor socio-economic situations.

According to local weather projections within the State Action Plan for Climate Change, excessive rainfall occasions will enhance by 38% within the state. The annual imply temperature within the state has elevated by 0.59 levels Celsius in 60 years (1951-2010).

A examine by the Centre for Environment, Social and Policy Research, 2012, in collaboration with the Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change, famous the widespread lack of livelihood choices throughout Assam because of local weather disasters, notably floods and erosion.

“Assam has the highest overall vulnerability index in the country (Council on Energy, Environment and Water, 2021). The rainfall intensity is changing. Golaghat district has not witnessed a normal monsoon in the last 30 years. Severe drought also hit Assam’s wet regions in 2021,” the minister mentioned in his written reply.

He mentioned there was an exponential enhance within the frequency of flood occasions in Assam since 2010. He admitted the ban on plastic couldn’t be enforced successfully.

GUWAHATI: Policymakers stare agape at recent local weather change information for Assam which has 15 of India’s 25 most susceptible districts.

Southern Assam’s Karimganj district, which shares a border with Bangladesh, tops the all-India chart, the state’s Minister of Science, Technology and Climate Change Keshab Mahanta advised the Assembly on Friday.

The 14 different Assam districts so as of vulnerability are Goalpara, Dhubri, Darrang, Sonitpur, Golaghat, Cachar, Barpeta, Kokrajhar, Tinsukia, Baksa, Morigaon, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar and Hailakandi.

The minister, who didn’t cite the explanations behind vulnerability, mentioned the state authorities was taking some steps to mitigate the issue.

He mentioned the federal government launched the Chief Minister’s Institutional Plantation Programme to boost carbon inventory by way of the plantation of native species and create consciousness amongst authorities officers on local weather change mitigation.

“The uniqueness of the programme is that the saplings planted have been geo-tagged for the monitoring of their growth for three years. So far, 50,780 institutions under the state government have participated in the programme and 2,43,451 saplings have been planted,” Mahanta mentioned.

He mentioned all departments had been concerned within the plantation drive and the efficiency of the Public Health Engineering was the perfect.

“Under the Chief Minister’s Climate-Resilient Village Fellowship Programme, 100 fellows will undertake a study in 100 villages to develop climate resilient models specific to these villages which could be taken up for developing as climate-resilient villages,” Mahanta mentioned.

Assam is extremely susceptible to local weather change because of its geographic proximity to the delta area and poor socio-economic situations.

According to local weather projections within the State Action Plan for Climate Change, excessive rainfall occasions will enhance by 38% within the state. The annual imply temperature within the state has elevated by 0.59 levels Celsius in 60 years (1951-2010).

A examine by the Centre for Environment, Social and Policy Research, 2012, in collaboration with the Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change, famous the widespread lack of livelihood choices throughout Assam because of local weather disasters, notably floods and erosion.

“Assam has the highest overall vulnerability index in the country (Council on Energy, Environment and Water, 2021). The rainfall intensity is changing. Golaghat district has not witnessed a normal monsoon in the last 30 years. Severe drought also hit Assam’s wet regions in 2021,” the minister mentioned in his written reply.

He mentioned there was an exponential enhance within the frequency of flood occasions in Assam since 2010. He admitted the ban on plastic couldn’t be enforced successfully.