A recent study conducted by the National Assessment of Shoreline Changes along the Indian Coast reported that 422.94 km of Tamil Nadu's coastline is eroding. This is 42.7 per cent of the total coastline of the state; 332.69 km of the coastline .
Chennai, April 2: A recent study conducted by the National Assessment of Shoreline Changes along the Indian Coast reported that 422.94 km of Tamil Nadu s coastline is eroding. This is 42.7 per cent of the total coastline of the state; 332.69 km of the coastline is stable while 235.85 km of the shoreline is accreting.
The Centre has observed that 33.6 per cent of the Indian coastline was vulnerable to erosion, 26.9 per cent was under accretion (growing), and 39.6 per cent was in a stable state.
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