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The coast was protected by riprap and other structures in the coastal districts of Jagatsinghpur and Balesore, he pointed out While accretion was dominant in the central and northen parts, erosion dominated the southern parts of the coast, the study said.Erosion was obvious to the north of ports such as Gopalpur, Paradip and Anantpur Ports and to the south of Dhamra and Astranga Ports, it said.Meanwhile, environmentalist Biswajit Mohanty demanded a halt to the 12 upcoming ports along the coast in view of the ICZM report which had detected rapid shore erosion in the state."The Orissa government is currently implementing a Rs 227 crore ICZM project sponsored by the World Bank to address issues of beach erosion, livelihood of fishermen, protection of mangroves. However, these loan funds will be a complete waste unless the state halts the development of 12 new private ports on the Orissa coast as such new ports shall lead to rapid beach erosion," Mohanty said in a statement.
