Ahmedabad Faces Escalating Nighttime Temperatures

While the effects of global warming are increasingly felt all over the world, the city of Ahmedabad appears to be particularly hit, with summers getting warmer each passing year.

Being in Ahmedabad in the summer of 2024 feels like being trapped in a gigantic burning oven. The awful feeling now is scientifically substantiated.

Study Findings on Temperature Rise in Ahmedabad:

A study that analyzed satellite data for 141 Indian cities found that the City registered an increase of 1.6 degrees in nighttime temperature over the decade.

Ahmedabad topped the list of cities in India when it comes to increases in nighttime temperature from 2003 to 2020.

Ineffective Measures and Other Affected Cities:

While officials boast about planting millions of trees, Ahmedabad, in particular, and Gujarat, in general, are turning into a furnace.

Along with the city, three other Gujarat cities—Rajkot, Vadodara, and Surat—figure in the list of 20 Indian cities registering the highest rise in nighttime temperature.

More scarily, AMD (1.06) and Rajkot (0.94) find themselves placed higher than Delhi-NCR (0.90) on the list.

Urgent Need for Urban Planning in Ahmedabad:

Urban planners need to address the issue as early as possible.

Trapped inside an “urban heat island effect,” the rising temperatures are attributed to the high concentration of concrete and asphalt.

Scientists point out that cities are around 60% warmer than the rural landscape.

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