A video on the newly installed tetrapod seawall, which brings relief to Chellanam residents
A video on the newly installed tetrapod seawall, which brings relief to Chellanam residents
There is a cautious calm in Chellanam, a fishing hamlet in Ernakulam district of Kerala. A huge seawall now shields much of the coast from the increasingly unpredictable Arabian Sea.
Sitting on top of a granite base are numerous concrete tetrapods weighing more than two tons each. They are placed carefully in position and locked with each other to create a formidable structure.
Why have these curiously shaped tetrapods been placed here, in this particular stretch of coastline?
Reporting: MP Praveen and KA Martin
Script, interviews and video: Aswin VN
Production: Reenu Cyriac
Voiceover: KP Gopika
Special inputs: Thulasi Kakkat
