Sea erosion along the Andhra Pradesh coast

Naik, Rajendra and Maheswarudu, G and Edward, Loveson and Rao, K Gouri Sankara and Rao, T Nageswara (2015) Sea erosion along the Andhra Pradesh coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (225). p. 24. ISSN 0254-380 X

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Abstract

Andhra Pradesh with a coastline of around 974 km has frequently been affected by cyclones and inundated by storm surges. Sea erosion is noticed at Visakhapatnam, Bhimunipatnam and in the East and West Godavari districts. Vishakhapatnam coast is facing erosion since long specially at Ramakrishna Beach. In 2013 and 2014, the cyclones ‘Phailin’ and ‘Hudhud’ further hastened erosion of the Ramakrishna Beach, severely damaging the adjacent protection wall and road. Uppada village which is 22 kilometres away from Kakinada also faces severe erosion. The Kakinada-Uppada road is gradually disappearing due to shoreline erosion.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Sea erosion; Andhra Pradesh coast
Subjects: Oceanography > Coastal Zone Management
Divisions: CMFRI-Visakhapatnam
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 09 Aug 2016 04:36
Last Modified: 02 May 2017 06:19
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/10971

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