Mumbai Floods Expose Failed Infrastructure Amidst Record Monsoon Rains

As record monsoon rains battered Mumbai, India’s financial powerhouse came to a grinding halt. Local trains—the city's public transit lifeline—were submerged and stalled, stranding thousands in knee-deep water. Streets transformed into sluggish rivers as commuters struggled to navigate flooded thoroughfares. This crisis unfolds not just as a natural disaster but as a glaring failure of governance and infrastructure planning amidst escalating climate challenges.Is This the Price of Ignoring Infrastructure Resilience?Mumbai’s paralysis under relentless rainfall is a story too familiar across the globe: overwhelmed drainage systems, outdated transit networks, and bureaucratic inertia converge to turn seasonal rain into urban catastrophe. The...