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Blocking the sea
Issue Date: Sep 15, 2008
on july 31, an expert committee of the union ministry of environment and forest decided not to recommend the construction of rock structures designed to reclaim Puducherry's beaches from the sea. The committee has deferred its consent till there are proper studies on these structures--called groynes in engineering parlance.
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