Published: December 2022 (3 years ago) in issue Nº 401
Keywords: PondyCAN - Pondy Citizen's Action Network, Chinnamudaliarchavadi, Beach erosion and Bommayarpalayam
Coastal restoration
On 3rd November, Dr Ravichandran, Secretary of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Govt of India, visited Auroville along with Dr Ramanamurthy, Director of National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), to discuss the restoration of the eroded coast. Probir, Sunaina and Aurofilio from PondyCan explained the efforts of the past decades. After visiting the beaches at Sri Ma and Quiet, which were severely eroded due to the recent construction of groynes in Chinnamudaliarchavadi and Bommayapalayam, Dr. Ramanamurthy said that NCCR will immediately make scientific studies of this coast, based on which they would come up with possible solutions.