For the past two weeks, hundreds of families living along the Pudukuppam coast, a coastal hamlet have been facing the brunt of relentless erosion of the coast. The sea has turned rough with large waves lashing the coast, and fishermen from Pudukuppam are finding it extremely difficult to navigate their boats into the sea.
The sea has been inching closer towards the houses and already a substantial portion of the seawall and concrete slabs near the fish mending hall in Pudukuppam have been lost to the advancing sea.
“While strong waves have been lashing the coast for some time, the situation has now turned worse with seawater inching close to habitations and damaging structures along the coastline.
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