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India's coastline Hazard line to be mapped [1]

In a unique initia tive, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the Survey of India (SoI) will map the entire 1500 km coastline to draw up a hazard based mapping process in order to help protect the coastal population from cyclones, tides and tsunami.

Publication Date: 
13/05/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
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Atlas [3], Sea Level Rise [4], Natural Disasters [5], Cyclones [6], Tsunami [7], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [8], Ministry of Science and Technology [9], India [10], Asian Age (New Delhi) [2], Survey of India [11]

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