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Severe riverbank erosion threatens homes in Chennithala. Residents fear houses will collapse as embankments wash away, obstructing waterways and paddy irrigation.
The environmental and economic impact of this shift is mounting daily. Dozens of casuarina trees, which were planted along the banks as a natural shield against coastal erosion, have been uprooted and swept away by the strong currents.
The protective wall was built more than 40 years ago in the Pulikkathazham and Cherumattummel area.
Conceived to link Neerozhukkum Chaal in Madayi panchayat with Mattool South through a protective sea wall, the project has long been a cherished dream of the coastal community here.
Parakkadavu River erosion is causing significant farmland loss in the Thuneri and Chekkyadu panchayats of Kerala.
Do not disturb the natural vegetation on the cliff. It supports the soil consolidation of the formation.
The study was jointly done by National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), and Larsen and Toubro.
A first of its kind study using machine learning techniques has shed light into the coastal variation of India’s west coast.
As per the lithographic maps prepared in 1955, Alappad had covered an area of 89.5 square kilometres, but the total area has shrunk to just 8.9 square kilometres now.
At the same time, over 21 per cent of the coast has been recovered by fresh deposits on the coast.
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