Two Blue Flag certified beaches damaged in cyclone Tauktae being restored
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The only two Blue Flag certified beaches in the State, one at Kasarakod in Uttara Kannada and another at Padubidri in Udupi district, which borne the brunt of cyclone Tauktae with their infrastructure getting damaged are being restored now.
According to official estimates, Padubidri beach suffered a damage of ₹25.85 lakh and Kasarakod beach, near Honnavar, ₹36,000.
Udupi Deputy Commissioner G. Jagadeesha told
The Hindu on Thursday that he visited the Padubidri beach on Wednesday (May 19). The restoration works have begun. “We have completed 50 % of them. The remaining will be over in another seven days.”
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