TAMIL NADU & COASTAL AREA ASSESSMENT

A POST TSUNAMI STUDY ON COASTAL CONSERVATION AND REGULATION

EQUATIONS & PONDICHERRY

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TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

PART 1 - INTRODUCTION  PART 2 - DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND IMPACTS  PART 3 - COASTAL TOURISM IN TAMIL NADU & PONDICHERRY 

PART 4 - OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF THE TSUNAMI ON THE  TAMIL NADU COAST

 RECOMMENDATIONS 

ANNEXURES  BIBLIOGRAPHY 

PLATES 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Context of the study

Long-term objectives Activities & Report Objectives of the study Short-term objectives

Recommendations

List of abbreviations

part 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. The Milieu 1.2. The Tsunami and its Aftermath

Figure 1 : path of tsunami on time scale & magnitude of impact

1.3. Methods

1.5. The Study Area Figure 2: Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry

1.4. LIMITATIONS

Pondicherry

part 2 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND IMPACTS

2.1. Thiruvallur 2.2. Box 1 The Manali Industrial Area

2.3. Kancheepuram 2.4. Villupuram 2.5. Pondicherry and Karaikal 2.6. 2.7. Nagapattinam

Box 2 Sand Dunes of South Poigainallur (PRAXIS, 2005)

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2.10. Pudukottai

Box 4 The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project

2.12. Thoothukudi 2.13. Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari

Table 1 Summary of developmental activities in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry

NO DISTRICT PLACE PREVALENT ACTIVITIES

Figure 3: Summary of tsunami impacts & developmental activities in Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry

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Name of District Population Affected

part 3 COASTAL TOURISM IN TAMIL NADU & PONDICHERRY

3.1. Status of Tourism along the coast of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry 3.1.1. Pulicat Lake 3.1.2. Chennai

3.1.6. Nagapattinam 3.1.3. Kancheepuram 3.1.7. Thiruvarur 3.1.4. Pondicherry 3.1.8. Ramanathpuram 3.1.9. Thoothukudi 3.1.5. Cuddalore

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part 4 OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF THE TSUNAMI ON THE TAMIL NADU COAST

Table 3 District wise summary of the population and area affected by the tsunami in Tamil Nadu Degree of Casuality Total Name of Total Population Population Population (Ratio of Length District Population Density Affected Affected (%) Population of Impacted: Coast Lives Lost)

Table 4 District wise summary of the population and area affected by the tsunami in Pondicherry Name of Total Population Population Population Degree of Total District Population Density Affected Affected (%) Casuality Length (Ratio of of Population Coast Impacted: Lives Lost)

Box 5 Coral Reefs to the Rescue

4.1. Thiruvallur 4.2. Chennai

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part 5 IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGAL & POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR COASTAL CONSERVATION & REGULATION IN TAMIL NADU & PONDICHERRY

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A CHRONOLOGY of AMENDMENTS & EVENTS 19 RELATED TO THE CRZ NOTIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF TAMIL NADU & PONDICHERRY Date of Details / comments / features amendment/order/ event & legal clauses

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annexure 1 FACTUAL INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT TAMIL NADU

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annexure 2 THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

2.1. Ecologically important coastal areas of Tamil Nadu 47 Table 6 Ecologically important areas in Tamil Nadu

Ecological 2 District Site Importance Area (km )

1VMJDBU-BLF Table 7 Area extent of various wetland classes in Pulicat area

Salt Marsh(km) Mud Flat (km) Saltpan (km) Lake (km)

26.80 0.356 0.257 252.040

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Mangrove(km) Mangrove with Scrub(km) Tidal Flat(km)

1.44 8.79 1.82

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2.2. Ecological Profile of Pondicherry

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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