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In July, 2005 Mumbai, the fi nancial capital of the country, came to a standstill. Heavy rains clogged the city which was not prepared to deal with such a heavy downpour. More than a decade later, in 2015-16, the story was repeated in Chennai, Gurugram( Gurgaon), Bengaluru and Hyderabad. In the past decade, various other cities such as Kolkata, Srinagar and Surat have also witnessed similar situations. The story of urban fl oods is a global phenomenon. Many cities

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