MUMBAI: Every monsoon season, heavy rains inundate parts of Mumbai, flooding roads and disrupting daily life across India's financial capital. Decades of rapid urbanisation have outpaced improvements to the city's drainage infrastructure, while its low-lying coastal location leaves it vulnerable to storm surges and rising sea levels. For conservationists, the city's mangrove forests are a critical part of its natural coastal defences. Climate change, when the sea level increases, the pressure of the sea also increases. This natural asset has come under renewed pressure as Mumbai embarks on a series of major infrastructure projects aimed at improving connectivity and easing congestion across the city.