The audit was done to examine whether due diligence has been exercised in selection of a private developer for development of a Pondicherry Port on BOT basis and the procedure laid down by the Union Government in this regard has been followed by Government of Pondicherry.
MLA U T Khader has come down heavily on the State Government for not including in the Cabinet agenda, the proposed Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Project, which promises permanent solution to sea erosion in Ullal and coastal belt.
The Bombay High Court at Goa on Monday issued directions to restore the eco-sensitive area to its original form in Galgibag beach where a by pass road was being built. The authorities have been also directed to file a compliance report by August end.
Extreme wave events of 1000 and 1500 years (radiocarbon ages) have been recently reported in Mahabalipuram region, southeast coast of India. Subsequently, we carried out extensive sedimentological analysis in regions covering a total lateral coverage of 12 km with a new archeological site as the central portion of the study area.
Study of beach morphological changes during monsoon and development of capabilities towards its prediction is of vital importance in coastal zone management. A study of the beach erosion/accretion processes during south-west monsoon and its numerical modelling is attempted in this communication for a micro-tidal and high-energy beach. Comprehensive
The initiation of a World Bank project during the summer of 2007 involved the planting of casuarina saplings (Casuarina equisetifolia) in the sand dunes of the east coast of Tamil Nadu in order to raise a protective plantation a bioshield to blunt the impact of high sea-waves like the tsunami that struck the coast on 26 December 2004. The monoculture
The risk of gastrointestinal illness to swimmers from fresh sewage and non-sewage fecal sources at recreational beaches was predicted using quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA).
A three-day rave party is reportedly being planned in a dense forest in Agonda from February 5 , with the organizers planning to use the resources to organize a beach clean up initiative at Agonda, Palolem and Patnem.
