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Salt eats into AP coast [1]

Ongole, July 27: Aqua culture and salt industries have turned soil saline in many parts of Prakasam district making large chunks of land unfit for cultivation. Salt cultivation is on in 7,867 acres in four mandals of the district and in the last one decade, aquaculture is also on the rise in nine mandals.

Publication Date: 
28/07/2008
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) [2]
Tags:
Land Degradation [3], Soil Salinisation [4], Salt Industry [5], Aquaculture [6], Groundwater Quality [7], Andhra Pradesh [8], Prakasam [9]
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