Why India's big cities are going under
Team TOI
TNN
Updated: Jul 15, 2025, 14:27 IST
Reckless development has destroyed natural rainwater outlets while failing to create systems to deal with extreme downpours. TOI's reporters decode the urban flooding crisis
The sound of rain turns back time for Bharat Soni. That July day from 20 years ago is vivid in his memory. He spent two nights stuck in his office as an unprecedented downpour left Mumbai's neighbourhoods inundated for days.
'Now, every time the city gets heavy rain, I recall the 26/7 flooding. But little has changed in two decades,' the former banker said.
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