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Three houses were destroyed and 12 others were damaged on the seashore successful ward 21 of Chellanam grama panchayat successful Ernakulam territory aft being deed by cyclone-like upwind successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday (March 12, 2026).
Roofs of respective houses were flown distant by the beardown upwind that struck the seashore southbound of the Chellanam panchayat bureau astir 1.15 a.m. The abrupt occurrence near the families that were dormant successful shock.
“Many of these houses had earlier been affected by oversea erosion and were repaired by the families to marque them liveable. Now they person to find resources to repair the houses each implicit again,” said V.T. Sebastian, wide convener of the Chellanam-Kochi Janakeeya Vedhi.
Frightening roar
Residents said the frightening roar of the upwind drew adjacent those sleeping astatine shrimp farms wrong a 1.5-km radius to the spot. Aluminium roofs flown distant by the upwind were recovered scattered crossed the tetrapod walkway nearby.
Medona Caroline, subordinate of ward 21, said the panchayat would convene an exigency gathering to measure the concern and sermon alleviation measures. “Families whose houses were destroyed person moved successful with their relatives, portion others are staying successful the undamaged portions of their houses. The panchayat distributed nutrient to the affected families,” she said.
Mr. Sebastian added that the recurrence of specified unnatural phenomena had go a substance of concern. Fishermen engaged successful deep-sea sportfishing person besides reported cyclone-like conditions, with h2o being pushed upwards successful swirls.
Sea erosion
Residents of Chellanam person agelong been demanding a imperishable solution to oversea erosion on the coastal stretch. After overmuch delay, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched the 2nd signifier of tetrapod-based seawall operation connected March 7, 2026 covering the remaining 6.1 km astatine an concern of ₹404 crore. The archetypal signifier of the project, covering a 7.3-km agelong from Chellanam to Puthenthode, was completed astatine a outgo of ₹347 crore.
Chellanam remains the worst affected among the 10 identified hotspots of oversea erosion successful Kerala.
