Sleepy Classes IAS: post #14968 โ€” TG.ME

Sleepy Classes IASWhy have traditional flood defenses like river embankments often worsened flood risks in vulnerable regions like Bihar?
โ€‹๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
The Hindu Kush Himalaya region is warming faster than the global average, with projected temperature rises ranging from 1.5ยฐC to 5.5ยฐC.

โ€‹๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—™๐˜€:
Melting glaciers and permafrost degradation are multiplying glacial lakes, increasing the risk and frequency of catastrophic Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs).

โ€‹๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€:
Monsoons are drying on average while sharpening at the edges, leading to intense, short-duration downpours that overwhelm traditional water systems.

โ€‹๐—•๐—ถ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ'๐˜€ ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†:
Roughly 73% of Bihar's land lies within river floodplains, subjecting its population to recurring flood threats exacerbated by transboundary rivers and upstream activity.

โ€‹๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
Traditional engineering like embankments has often worsened flood risks by raising riverbeds, necessitating a shift toward real-time monitoring, automated telemetry, and cross-border data sharing.
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