Gaur Hari Parua, a farmer at Ghoramara Island, pictured at his rebuilt house which had collapsed due to Cyclone Amphan. Photo: Namrata Acharya
Gaur Hari Parua, a farmer at Ghoramara Island, pictured at his rebuilt house which had collapsed due to Cyclone Amphan. Photo: Namrata Acharya
India

As India’s Ghoramara island shrinks, so do residents’ hope for the future

  • The island has been eroding for decades due in part to climate change, and is expected to vanish by 2050
  • Covid-19 and Cyclone Amphan have worsened the fates of the island’s last 3,000 residents, who have nowhere to go

Gaur Hari Parua, a farmer at Ghoramara Island, pictured at his rebuilt house which had collapsed due to Cyclone Amphan. Photo: Namrata Acharya
Gaur Hari Parua, a farmer at Ghoramara Island, pictured at his rebuilt house which had collapsed due to Cyclone Amphan. Photo: Namrata Acharya
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