If no proper actions are taken urgently, there is every chance that in five years the surging waves of the Arabian Sea will start snapping at the edges of the Adani-controlled Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, says a report.
According to a study, the aggressive sea has smashed more than half the Shanghumugham road that runs very close to the boundary wall of the Airport.
Before Cyclone Ockhi hit in 2017, a popular sandy beach some 20-25 metres long had stretched between this road and the sea. That sandy leisure haven of city folks has long been devoured by the sea.
The vanishing of the Shanghumugham beach is just a small episode of what looks like a large disaster in the making. A latest study has found that the sea has taken away approximately 2.62 square kilometres or nearly 650 acres from the Thiruvananthapuram coast alone in 14 years (from 2006 to 2020).
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