Kariyachalli island Restoration
February 12 , 2024
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- The government has passed an order to restore Kariyachalli as part of the Tamil Nadu Coastal Restoration Mission.
- The island, used to be 16 hectares, but has shrunk to 5.97 hectares.
- Without intervention, both the Kariyachalli and Kasuwari Islands will sink by 2035.
- The Gulf of Mannar has a chain of 21 low-lying uninhabited coral-reef islands.
- Over 4,300 species of flora and fauna have been recorded so far.
- Among them are 132 coral species.
- Tamil Nadu has already saved Vaan Island with the help of over 10,000 artificial reef modules.
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