June 5, 2009
The third in the NDTV series “India’s Dying Beaches’ features Kerala’s famous Kovalam Beach, where sand has given way to concrete in just three years. Resorts, spas and eateries – all constructed illegally – as well as illegal sand mining, have resulted in 386 out of 591 kilometres (over 65%) of Kerala’s coastline covered in seawall (rocks) instead of sand.
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June 9, 2009 at 9:22 pm
[...] series called “India’s Dying Beaches”, which has covered Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Kerala and Gujarat so far, NDTV has started an online petition and SMS campaign to save India’s [...]
June 10, 2009 at 9:17 am
[...] third report, “Concrete Killing Kovalam Beach,” was new information. Kovalam Beach is one of Kerala’s most famous beaches. It is [...]