Coastal Stretch

Before the sprawling Texas city of Houston and its suburbs were built, a dense forest naturally purified the coastal air along a stretch of the Gulf Coast that grew thick with pecan, ash, live oak and hackberry trees.

Around 40 per cent of the Indian coast is subjected to erosion and development in high eroding stretches is prohibited, Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan told the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.

In a bid to create awareness about coastal environment, a ten-year-old boy has swum a 4.63 km stretch of the Chaliyar river with his hands and feet tied. Cheered by hundreds of local people, Adil swam from Dolhin point in Beyore to Kodampuzha in three hours and 48 minutes on Wednesday. He achieved this feat under the watchful eyes of his father an...

Carcasses of over 25 Olive Ridleys, were washed ashore in the coastal stretch between Vedaranyam and Kodiakarai, officials sources said here today.

The livelihood of the fishermen and an entire stretch of coastline in Tamil Nadu is under threat.

Before the sprawling Texas city of Houston and its suburbs were built, a dense forest naturally purified the coastal air along a stretch of the Gulf Coast that grew thick with pecan, ash, live oak and hackberry trees.

Around 40 per cent of the Indian coast is subjected to erosion and development in high eroding stretches is prohibited, Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan told the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.

In a bid to create awareness about coastal environment, a ten-year-old boy has swum a 4.63 km stretch of the Chaliyar river with his hands and feet tied. Cheered by hundreds of local people, Adil swam from Dolhin point in Beyore to Kodampuzha in three hours and 48 minutes on Wednesday. He achieved this feat under the watchful eyes of his father an...

Carcasses of over 25 Olive Ridleys, were washed ashore in the coastal stretch between Vedaranyam and Kodiakarai, officials sources said here today.

The livelihood of the fishermen and an entire stretch of coastline in Tamil Nadu is under threat.