As per the Global Environmental Negotiation journal, if the sea level rises 1 meter from the current level, 1,70,000 hectare of cultivable land in the state is likely to submerge. Let’s go back to 1999 when Odisha faced one of the greatest cyclonic disasters ever recorded – the Super Cyclone also called the 1999 Odisha cyclone. Originating about 550 km east of the Andaman Island, it hit the state...
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