India: residents vote for perhaps the last time before island sinks
(WorldNews Asia)

Residents on Ghoramara fear that the votes they cast Sunday in India`s election may be the last before their island sinks into the Bay of Bengal - a victim of climate change`s growing toll. About 4,000 people, including poor fisherman Goranga Dolui, were on the electoral list for the island in the Sunderban delta. "Those who could, have left already. How will the poor like me leave? We hope the government will help us start a new life," he said. Ghoramara is now about four square kilometres having lost about half its size in the past three decades to rising seas. Ghoramara`s voters could still have a role in Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s bid for a second term. His...