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among the million-plus cities. Results suggest the need for a customized domain-oriented policy for addressing city-wise
concerns of urban exposure level. Unless addressed urgently, these inequalities in infrastructure and services will affect
the sustainability of these million-plus cities and may hinder the country’s achievement of SDG 13 on climate change.

Authors’ Contributions
Conceived and designed: Surendra Kumar Patel and Manas Ranjan Pradhan. Review of literature: Surendra Kumar
Patel. Data analysis: Surendra Kumar Patel. Drafted and wrote the manuscript: Surendra Kumar Patel and Manas Ranjan
Pradhan.

Conflicts of Interest
There are no conflicts of interest.

Availability of Supporting Data
The Census of India 2011 data is available at https://censusindia.gov.in/. The NFHS-4 data are available at https://
dhsprogram.com/Data/. The AQI data are available at https://www.cpcb.nic.in/and the temperature as well as
rainfall data is available at https://data.gov.in/catalog/climatology-data-important-cities-5?filters%5Bfield _catalog_
reference%5D=394661&format =json&offset=0& limit=6&sort %5Bcreated %5D=desc.
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