Monday 3 February 2014

A part of footpath on the Beach Road near the Kursura Submarine Museum collapsed on Saturday due to high tides and massive beach erosion. Erosion has been causing panic among scores of people frequenting the beachfront for the past few days. After senior engineers from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation and Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority inspected the area, Commissioner GVMC M.V. Satyanarayana consulted experts of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) and professors of AU and decided to adopt a two-pronged strategy to arrest erosion undertake permanent measures in two to three months. Mr. Satyanarayana said they had decided to construct a geo-grid to stop immediate erosion. In two to three months, geo-tubes for shoreline protection would be installed as a permanent measure, he stated. The exact reason for the sudden sea surge has become a subject of debate. While some say the method followed for building

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