Bera, Sayantan (2012) Playing with sea: Flouting laws, over 90 hotels have mushroomed on what once was a pristine beach in West Bengal. Down To Earth, Vol.21 (17). pp. 16-17. ISSN 0971-8079
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To make way for the resorts, companies flattened sand dunes as high as six metres and chopped down vegetation. “We did not know the resorts will destroy the sand dunes which protected us from the advancing sea,” says Saktipada Nayak, a fisherman. “The beach had three-to-four-hands-deep sand but now it is all gone,” he adds bitterly. Due to beach erosion, the fish landing centre has reduced from 16 hectares (ha) to 10 ha in the past 10 years. A decade ago, says Nayak, the beach looked remarkably different. “Millions of red crabs crawled on the beach—from a distance it appeared like a red carpet rolling over golden sand.”
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | India, West Bengal, Tourism, Legislation, CRZ, Coastal Area Management, Fishermen, NFF |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2022 09:13 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2022 09:13 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/10914 |
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