Tag: Sea Erosion

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Sea batters vulnerable coastline

Paradip: Sea erosion along Jatadhar river mouth close to the industrial hub in Odisha’s Paradip port township is fast-emerging as a threat to the peripheral human settlements. Several thickly-populated villages in close vicinity of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)’s run Paradip refinery are exposed to sea’s fury as smashing of tidal waves continues to batter […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Sea erosion victims served cess on land, gobbled up by sea

Kendrapara: For the hapless victims of sea-erosion in Kendrapara district it is a cruel joke with the revenue administration serving notice to them for collecting cess against the land already gobbled by smashing sea waves and registering cases against those land-losers. The sea-erosion-hit villagers are now burdened with litigation costs with the administration slapping cases […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Sea Erosion Across Odisha Beaches Raises Serious Concern

Puri/Ganjam: Over the years, Odisha has witnessed drastic change in shorelines in several parts of the State due to tidal waves. Be it the case of Kendrapara’s Satabhaya or Ersama in Jagatsinghpur district, rising sea level and high tides have always posed a serious threat for the coastal communities and tourism. Recently, such extreme weather […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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Column: Geo-Tubes Not A Viable Option To Fight Sea Erosion

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Recently a portion of the geo-synthetic tube wall erected at Kendrapara’s Pentha village to combat sea erosion was damaged in a fire. Media reports suggest that 30 gabion boxes of the wall that is made up of water-permeable geo-textile tubes filled with sand slurry were gutted in the mishap. This is […]

  • Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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