Thiruvananthapuram: In a bid to resolve the extensive coastal erosion in Poonthura region, the irrigation department is all set to construct eight groynes at a cost of Rs 17.5 crore. The work has been ...

Chennai: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state fisheries department not to proceed with constructing groynes in six coastal villages of Chengalpet district without obtaining approvals.

To protect coastal areas from erosion and safeguard fishing communities, the Fisheries Department recently built groynes along the coast of Chengalpattu district. Though intended to prevent erosion, ...

An excavator places stones to curb sea erosion at a coastal village near Mahabalipuram on the outskirts of Chennai on November 26. | AFP Arichal Munai Beach lies at the eastern tip of Rameswaram ...

Groynes constructed along the Chengalpattu coast without necessary clearances, contributing to coastal erosion, will remain in place as the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ...