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Chapter Six<br />

Mitigation Strategies <strong>and</strong> Proposed Measures for the<br />

Districts<br />

6.1. General<br />

The discussions in Chapter 2 lead us to propose the following measures for protecting the lives of the<br />

people in the countryside that are prone to cyclonic hazards.<br />

CHAPTER 6<br />

• Strengthening of existing embankments to protect the enclosed l<strong>and</strong> from inundation <strong>and</strong> salt<br />

water intrusion.<br />

• Protection of riverbank in the inhabited isl<strong>and</strong>s of Sundarbans from eroding away due to<br />

strong river current or wave dash.<br />

• Protection of sea beach of the Medinipur coastal tracts from eroding away due to wave dash<br />

caused by storm surges.<br />

• Regeneration of mangrove in river side of the embankments, if possible, in order to protect<br />

them from the direct fury of storm surges.<br />

• Possible shelter belt plantations in the Medinipur coastal tracts for protecting the beach from<br />

degrading due to natural hazards related to cyclones.<br />

• Possible locations of cyclone shelters to provide refuge to the people of the most vulnerable<br />

zones.<br />

• Possible missing road links that may be constructed to connect vulnerable regions to safer<br />

locations.<br />

Each of these points has been elaborated in the following sections of this chapter.<br />

6.2. Embankments<br />

Kanjilal (2006) has provided a detailed description of the condition of the condition of the<br />

embankments today. The following excerpt has been selected from this reference, with the<br />

permission of the author.

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