Once relatively stable, Mumbai’s climate is now veering towards dangerous extremes, with heatwaves becoming routine. The Urban Heat Island effect is exacerbating the situation, as dense construction and vanishing greenery trap heat in the city’s most crowded neighbourhoods. (PICS/ASHISH RAJE)

A new slum colony is rapidly emerging on abandoned railway land near Bandra Terminus, with makeshift tents and huts appearing along Ghas Bazar Road. The land, originally intended for the fifth and sixth railway corridor, has been lying unused since the project was scrapped just hours before its inauguration in 2018. (Pics/Rajendra B. Aklekar)