Tag: Erosion

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Sea ingress in Puri: IIT, Madras team visits spot

Puri: An expert team from IIT, Madras on Friday visited the Puri sea beach to take stock of the erosion caused by the ingress of sea water into land. According to reports, a team from the premier institute headed by Dr Subhadra Bibhelu visited the sea beach and Mangala river mouth to assess the situation […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Erosion at Puri beach to be fixed the 'natural' way

Water Resources secretary Pradip Jena on Wednesday said natural process will be followed to check the erosion at the Puri beach caused by surging sea waves

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Odisha to prepare long-term plan to arrest coastal erosion

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the erosion of the coastline in Odisha which has assumed alarming proportions, the state government has decided to prepare a long term integrated plan to ensure sustainable development of coastal areas and eco-supportive management of coastal resources. A decision to this effect was taken at the first State Level Steering Committee […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching worsens

Canberra: The coral bleaching situation in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has worsened due to widespread damages caused by warmer ocean temperatures, a media report said on Friday. The first survey for 2017 was conducted on Thursday by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), over the area between Cairns and Townsville in Queensland state. […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Uninhabited Lakshadweep island vanishes, says study

Kochi: One of the biodiversity-rich uninhabited islands of Lakshadweep have vanished due to coastal erosion and another four such territories in the sea are shrinking fast, claims a new study. Parali I island, part of Bangaram atoll, which was 0.032 square km in 1968 has been eroded to an extent of 100 per cent, resulting […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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