India’s metros are replete with high compound walls, podiums, and high-rise buildings of varying heights, often clumped together without adequate spacing. When a wind’s flow is interrupted by tall buildings, it can be funnelled through narrow spaces, where it builds up into a gust before reaching pedestrians walking around the buildings.

India’s metros are replete with high compound walls, podiums, and high-rise buildings of varying heights, often clumped together without adequate spacing. When a wind’s flow is interrupted by tall buildings, it can be funnelled through narrow spaces, where it builds up into a gust before reaching pedestrians walking around the buildings.