Sea erosion threat looms along Ennore Expressway
The Hindu
A ₹39-crore proposal for shoreline protection near Ennore had been sent to the State government for its approval
Some fishing hamlets along the Ennore Expressway face threat of flooding and impact of stormy sea as a portion of shoreline near Ernavoorkuppam is yet to be protected with groynes.
Groynes are a collection of boulders that act as walls laid perpendicular to the coastline and help in sand accretion and prevent sea erosion. Lack of funds is cited as one of the reasons for delay in the project to construct groynes in the nearly 2.5-km stretch between Bharathiyar Nagar and Ernavoorkuppam.
The Water Resources Department had constructed 19 groynes between Ennore estuary and Ernavoorkuppam along Ennore Expressway. A small portion still remains to be covered with groynes.