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Rolling back the tsunami [1]

When the tsunami struck the coast of Tamil Nadu four years ago, the village of Poompuhar in Sirkali taluk of Nagapattinam district as one of the worst affected. When the waves withdrew, more than death stalked the coastline. With livelihoods and homes gone, Nagapattinam was a land of the living dead.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2009
Rina Mukherji [2]
Civil Society [3]
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Environment [4], Soil Salinisation [5], Agriculture [6], Seeds [7], Rice [8], Canal Irrigation [9], Drainage [10], Tsunami [11], Disaster Management [12], Farmers [13], Women [14], Public Participation [15], Panchayats [16], Tamil Nadu [17], Nagapattinam (D) [18], Sustainable Development [19], Soil Capability [20]
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