Perpignan 2015 : ANI’s picks, Selvaprakash Lakashmanan

In India, there  are 480 seawalls and 204 groynes –  a wall or jetty built out from a riverbank or seashore to control erosion. A total of 684, these translate to an average of about one structure to every 8-10 km on the coast of India. Approximately 300 settlements are blocked by seawalls