Karnataka will see 10-25% increase in rainfall in coming years: scientists

Governments have to focus on management of floods, particularly in urban areas, and storage of water in dams, experts have said in their report

Karnataka will witness 10 to 25% increase in rainfall and areas under drought or drought years will decline drastically by mid-2030 and the increase in rainfall will be accompanied by larger magnitudes in the intensity and frequency of heavy rainfall and floods, according to N.H. Ravindranath and G. Bala, authors of multiple UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) reports and professors at IISc., Bengaluru. With the latest IPCC report estimating the chances of crossing the global warming level of 1.5°C in the next decades, Prof. Ravindranath and Prof. Bala said, “A district-level multi-model projection shows that rainfall is projected to increase by 10 to 25% in districts of Karnataka even by the mid-2030s.”