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Going under: Coastal Odisha under existential threat -Ranjan Panda

-Down to Earth

In a warming world, governments are far from prepared to resettle people evicted by sea-level rise 

Bay of Bengal is the hotbed of tropical cyclones. Estimates show that eight of the 10 deadliest tropical cyclones in the world have originated here. Over the past few decades, cyclones in Bay of Bengal have not only become frequent, the region is also experiencing the largest relative increase of flood risk and seawater ingression.

Of all the states along its coast, Odisha, because of its geographic location, bears the maximum brunt of these disasters. So far, the state has lost 153.8 km, or about 28 per cent, of its coastline to seawater ingression.

Many coastal villages in Odisha are also experiencing increased levels of inundation due to storm flooding, accelerated coastal erosion, seawater intrusion into freshwater aquifers and encroachment of tidal waters into river systems.

All these have led to massive economic losses, repeated displacements of communities and disruption of life, forcing the poor, living on the margins of subsistence, into greater poverty.

In this article we analyse the preparedness of the policymakers and promptness of the government to resettle and rehabilitate these internally displaced people by climate change through the plight of villages in two blocks — villages of the Satabhaya area in Rajnagar block of Kendrapada district that have already been engulfed by the sea; and Udayakani and Tandahara villages under Astaranga block of Puri district that are on the verge of being engulfed by the sea.

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