Work on ₹344-crore project for Chellanam shore protection to begin soon
The Hindu
Coastal residents will not have to be evacuated or rehabilitated next monsoon, says Minister
Irrigation Minister Roshy Augustine on Monday announced that the department would soon begin work on the ₹344-crore project to protect the Chellanam coast. He said the project would be implemented in such a way that the residents of Chellanam would not have to be evacuated or rehabilitated during the next rainy season. The tender procedures for the works will be launched on September 15 and completed by November. The first phase of the coastal protection project will cover 10 km towards the north of the Chellanam fishing harbour. The second phase will see the rest of the coast being taken care of. Ten hotspots along the State where sea erosion was severe would be taken care of in the first phase of the works announced by the government for the State’s coastal areas, said Mr. Augustine. He said the government had laid out a plan to spend ₹5,300 crore over the next five years to protect the Kerala coast.More Related News