# Delhi floods and the art of sleeping at the wheel

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**Created:** [July 26, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/delhi-floods-and-the-art-of-sleeping-at-the-wheel/2247 "2023-07-26T06:41:07Z")
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#### Post date: [July 26, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/delhi-floods-and-the-art-of-sleeping-at-the-wheel/2247/1 "2023-07-26T06:41:07Z")

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When floods are in progress, everyone is quick to point towards climate change. Yet, when the waters have subsided and it comes to long-term planning to adapt to the changing climate, we fall short.

In the public imagination, Delhi is not a city that floods. But back in 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s previous assessment of climate impacts had named Delhi as highly vulnerable to floods.

> **[Delhi floods and the art of sleeping at the wheel](https://themorningcontext.com/chaos/delhi-floods-and-the-art-of-sleeping-at-the-wheel)**
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> Even as the national capital continues to be battered by heavy rains year after year, long-term efforts to chart out a drainage plan remain too little, too late.