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Sagar Islands: A victim of hungry tides [1]

KOLKATA, 12 JAN: The School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, in a study found that water level in the Bay of Bengal off the Sunderbans coast has risen four times over the past nine years. The sudden rise is posing a real threat to the Sagar Island among other islands in the Sunderbans.

Publication Date: 
13/01/2011
Statesman (Kolkata) [2]
Tags:
Sundarbans [3], Sea Level Rise [4], Natural Disasters [5], West Bengal [6], Coastal Erosion [7], Oceans and Seas [8], Bay Of Bengal [9], 24 Parganas (S) [10]
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