Tag: Coastal Erosion

Sea ingress poses threat to this Ganjam village, residents seek preventive measures
Sea ingress poses threat to this Ganjam village, residents seek preventive measures

The fear has been more since yesterday when six houses were swept away in the high tides of the sea. 

  • Sunday, 31 July 2022
These Odisha villages bearing the brunt of climate change 
These Odisha villages bearing the brunt of climate change 

While the whole world on Sunday celebrated the World Environment Day, the residents of coastal villages like Podampeta and Aryapalli are at the receiving end of the bad impacts of climate change, even though their contribution to it is next to nothing. 

  • Sunday, 05 June 2022
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Lost Villages Of Odisha: Remaining Ones Waiting To Become One With Sea

These are footprints of something ominous. Till date, the sea has ruthlessly engulfed 7 villages and is just waiting to devour the last little tokens of their existence.

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  • Saturday, 07 August 2021
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Climate Crisis | Signs Ominous As Sea Drives Into Konark Marine Drive

Chandrabhaga Beach located in Konark offers some stunning sunrises and sunsets.

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  • Friday, 30 July 2021
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Op-Ed: Will Coastal Erosion Intensify In the Aftermath of Fani?

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The phenomenon of coastal erosion is likely to intensify in the state in the wake of cyclone Fani with sea turbulence expected to increase manifold. Higher wave energy would mean greater erosion of land mass along the coast. As it is the sea has been eating into the land in several […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Op-Ed: Focus Back On Coastal Erosion

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s first geo-synthetic tube wall at Pentha in coastal Kendrapara, the only example of state-of-the art technology being used in the state to fight erosion, is in news again but for the wrong reasons. According to reports in a section of the local media a portion of the 600-metre structure raised […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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