Tetrapod seawall brings reduction to Chellanam residents

The newly put in tetrapod-based seawall appear to have introduced a lot wanted reduction to the residents of sea erosion-prone Chellanam in Ernakulam district in the course of the newest episode of rain fury.

Areas, which used to get flooded by the marauding waves during the last a few years, stay roughly protected for the reason that monsoon intensified.

Increasing the scope

Buoyed by the success, the State authorities is planning to develop the venture throughout equally threatened coastal areas throughout the State. Coastal conservation works value Rs. 344 crore are actually underway in Chellanam.

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The development of seawall utilizing tetrapod appeared to have helped to safe the stretch between Chellanam harbour and Puthanthodu from the specter of sea erosion. Tetrapod are being laid on a 2.50 meter basis of granites and at a top of 6.10 metre from the ocean degree.

Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society is engaged within the manufacturing of tetrapod primarily based on the examine performed by the Chennai-based Nationwide Centre for Coastal Analysis. Tetrapod weighing two tonnes and 5 tonnes are being made. To this point, 20, 235 tetrapod have already been produced utilizing 3.50 lakh metric tonne boulders.

The venture is being supervised by the Anti Sea Erosion Challenge Administration unit underneath the irrigation division.

What subsequent?

The intention is to finish the development of seven.32-km-long seawall earlier than April 2023. To this point, 40% of the work has been accomplished. The development of walkway alongside the areas the place the seawall building has been accomplished will resume after the monsoon. A 3-metre-wide walkway might be laid over the tetrapod seawall alongside 6.60 km within the first section.

Plans are additionally afoot to launch the second section manufacturing of tetrapod alongside the primary section. Challenge estimate for the second section is being drawn up. As soon as each the phases are accomplished, about 10 km of the coastal stretch might be protected.

Tetrapod seawall might be constructed in areas together with Kannamaly within the second section.

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan had inaugurated the venture on June 11. Nevertheless, works have been launched even earlier than that. The primary section building will cowl the stretch between Chellanam fishing harbour and Puthanthodu seashore alongside the northern aspect. In addition to, six community of groynes are additionally being erected alongside the Chellanam Bazar space.