5 Million people displaced in India due to disasters in 2019

About 5 million people were displaced in India last year, the highest in the world, due to disasters, including cyclones and monsoon floods.

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The report highlighted that the displacements were caused due to a combination of increasing hazard intensity, high population exposure, and high levels of social and economic vulnerability.

India reported 50,37,000 displacements in 2019.

As per the report Political and electoral violence, primarily in Tripura and West Bengal in the first half of the year, accounting for more than 7,600. Conflict and violence triggered about 19,000 new displacements and 2,89,000 people were evacuated in Gujarat in June ahead of cyclone Vayu in 2019. Also, Cyclone Bulbul in Odisha and West Bengal triggered 1,86,000 displacements.

India’s neighbouring countries Bangladesh recorded 40,86,520 displacements, Afghanistan recorded 40,86,520 displacements, Pakistan recorded 1,16,000 displacements, Nepal recorded 1,21,000 displacements.

South Asia recorded a total of 9.5 million new displacements associated with disasters in 2019.