PANAJI: By 2050, major parts of Tiswadi and Bardez talukas will experience chronic floods, while the historic Ponte de Linhares causeway, connecting Panaji to Ribandar, and the landmark Four Pillars in Santa Cruz will go underwater, non-profit organization Climate Central has said in its latest report.Similarly, Vanxim and Divars islands are estimated to be submerged entirely by 2100, while the nearby island of Chorao may see water entering the homes as it would permanently fall below the high tide line.Large portions of Merces, Santa Cruz, Salvador do Mundo, St Estevam, Amona and Goa Velha could also become unlivable due to inundation, Climate Central has said through its new data and maps.The threat of sea level rise is particularly concentrated in coastal Asia, the organisation has said, adding that it could have profound economic and political consequences within our lifetime.“This will happen not just in the distant future, but also within the lifetimes of most people alive today,” Climate Central’s report said.The inland villages located along the banks of the Mandovi, the Mapusa and the Bicholim rivers and their estuarian regions will face the most flooding.In ‘Flooded Future: Global Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise Far Worse Than Previously Understood’, Climate Central has said that rate at which land elevation is taking place was previously overestimated, as against the rise in sea levels.This will mean coastal defences, by which populations are currently protected, may not be adequate against future sea levels. The organisation has said that the rise in sea level is mainly due to warming caused by anthropogenic or human-caused factors.The Carambolim village panchayat is expected to lose a major chunk of land to the inundation. Also, by 2100, the Agassaim police station, as we know it today, is likely to be surrounded by water.In the South, Shiroda, Panchwadi, Rachol, Macazana and Quelossim are some of the areas that will be majorly affected by the sea level rise, while up North, Moira, Calvim, parts of Aldona, and areas in Pernem by the banks of the Terekhol will feel the brunt.“Adaptive measures such as construction of levees and other defences or relocation to higher ground could lessen these threats,” Climate Central has suggested.New estimates reveal that far more land and more people will be vulnerable to sea level rise during this century than previously believed, the report said.“Sea level rise is a global story, and it affects every coastal nation. But in the coming decades, the greatest effects will be felt in Asia, thanks to the number of people living in the continent’s low-lying coastal areas. Consider India’s situation in 2050. By that year, projected sea level rise could push average annual floods above land currently home to some 36 million people,” said the report.