Urban India floods as climate change disrupts the monsoon season

Climate change is making the Indian monsoon more and more unpredictable, with longer dry spells interrupted by intense bursts of rainfall. This shift toward short, heavy downpours rather than steady rain over several days, is causing frequent flooding and waterlogging in cities. Rapid urbanization, inadequate infrastructure and the loss of natural drainage, like wetlands and open spaces, have worsened the problem. Sushmita Pathak reports from New Delhi on efforts to manage the impacts of changing monsoons.