Pondicherry’s Promenade Beach began to disappear after the construction of a nearby port in the late 1980s. Now, sand is being moved almost two miles back to rebuild it
“Pondicherry is a spiritual, social, cultural melting pot. It’s a dream come true for a tourist, with its rich history and the sea. Many tourists have been curious about how we lost the beach, [a loss] that ruined the coastal ecosystem,” says Banik. With the beach restoration project underway, Banik can lead his tours toward the shore again.
Not just visitors but residents too are flocking to the shore to see the Pondicherry promenade’s return. “Residents are feeling proud of their town once again. It is such a joy to be able to walk into the sea, let the waves roll over our feet and go swimming, as we did as children,” says Sunaina Madeen, co-founder of PondyCAN.Trouble began in the late 1980s, when the construction of a port restricted the movement of sand to the beach’s northern side.
The erosion of Pondicherry’s coast was significant by the mid-1990s, devastating the lives of thousands of fishing families that lived close to the water.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Compounding the challenge, the seawall built to protect the buildings along the beach road became an eyesore. It was so high it cut off access to the sea for entire villages along the coast. More than a dozen fishing villages were wiped out and at least 7,000 families lost their only source of income: fishing. Swathes of agricultural land turned into a wasteland.
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