Kendrapara: A World Bank team recently visited the sea-erosion-affected pockets in Kendrapara district and inspected the Pentha coast, the site of the geo-synthetic seawall project.
The four-member team was headed by Project Technical Adviser (World Bank), Micheal Hanui to the natural-calamity-prone district also assessed the extensive sea erosion trend in the seaside hamlets.
Hanui said World Bank will fund the projects to reduce vulnerability to cyclone and other hydro-meteorological hazards of coastal communities in Odisha. Comprehensive project to tame the magnitude of sea erosion also stays on our agenda, he said.
The World Bank panel suggested the expeditious implementation of geo-synthetic tube seawall project in sea-erosion-hit Pentha coast. Pentha coast in Kendrapara district is being constantly battered by waves.
