Nilanjana Bhowmick on the double whammy of natural disaster and Covid-19 that has brought a vulnerable ecosystem to the brink.
Saving the Sundarbans
The Sundarbans, an island-dotted deltaic region of the River Ganges, is a confluence of an endangered mangrove ecosystem and human impoverishment. Last year it was struck by a double whammy – a deadly pandemic and natural disaster – and has been struggling since. In May 2020, Cyclone Amphan displaced 2.4 million people here and further afield, while the country was in the thick of a Covid-19 surge.
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