India, April 19 -- The central government informed Parliament in December 2018 that sea levels along the Indian coast are projected to rise from 3.5 inches to as much as 34 inches by the end of the century due to global warming
From a distance, Udayakani village in eastern India's Puri district looks picture perfect, full of shade trees, tidy homes, and, for now, a vast beach. But this coastal village is bearing the brunt of sea-level rise and residents are demanding that something be done.
"We have moved inwards thrice because the sea is moving forward taking away our land. It has heaped insurmountable sorrow on us," Gobinda Pradhan, the 75-year-old ward member of the village, said.
According to a 2014 study on regional coastal processe...