BHUBANESWAR: As threat increases to coastal regions with climate change, the State Government has moved towards creation of a directorate to combat the looming danger.
This, probably, is for the first time that a State has planned a dedicated wing - Coastal Erosion Protection Directorate - to meet the challenges of coastal erosion which, lately, has dealt a body blow to the shoreline along many stretches.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/dedicated-wing-coastal-erosion-planned
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-bhubaneswar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coastal-erosion
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research-agencies
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-institute-technology-iit
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhubaneswar
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/puri-d