the impacts of development, and in particular tourism, are already visible on the 28.5-kilometer Vishakhapatnam-Bheemili coastal road. There aren't many clean stops at which one can sit on a stretch of the beach and enjoy the sea, and this situation is much worse closer to resorts like Kartik Vanam, where even a twenty-minute walk will seem like one through a garbage dump in the making. A restaurant attendant at the Amoeba Food Park says, "we just throw the garbage in the sea"; it is easy to believe such disregard is typical.
It is within this context that one needs to view what the Swarnaandhra Theeram Project envisages. If what already passes for development along this route is anything like the beach tourism that is proposed for this project, the result will be nothing less than doom of this coastal stretch. In addition to the squalor near the resorts, are concerns over habitat and livelihoods. Destruction of the ecosystem here will severely impact the natural nesting grounds of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles that visit the coast. Also, the traditionally free access of the fisherfolk to the sea might be restricted, and there are real fears of them losing their traditional boat-resting sites. Violations of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification, 1991, are also reported in the proposal.
2006-08-04 19:48:14
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answered by Anonymous
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You can build a resort in the middle of a desert if you want to. Just look at Las Vegas in the U.S. or Sun City in South Africa...
2006-08-02 04:08:42
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answered by NC 7
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