The beach erosion problem in the city is not a recent phenomenon. It has been occurring since 1940s, ever since the development of Visakhapatnam Port has been taking place, said president of International Association of Lowland Technology and former professor of Civil Engineering II-Kanpur, Madhira R Madhav.

He was here on Friday, to deliver the keynote address on the topic Beach erosion mitigation with geo-synthetics at a workshop organised by the Department of Civil Engineering, Andhra University College of Engineering.

According to him the problem needs to be addressed holistically and dropping boulders or building a retaining wall only serves as fire-fighting method.

He pointed out that apart from natural occurrence such as storms, wind speed and tectonic episodes; human intervention is the major cause for beach erosion.

In most of the cases it has been seen that natural barriers such as wetlands, dunes and coastal forests have been encroached upon with impunity by human force and at the same time the beach nourishment has not been given its due importance.

Prof. Madhav advocated the building of a flexible wall, rather than a rigid structure.

Earlier, Vice-Chairman of Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA) T. Babu Rao Naidu, said that the beach erosion issue was like a cancer and it needs to be diagnosed properly before treating it. And academia should play a major role in this aspect, he said.

He was also critical of the CRZ violations.

The CRZ norm is like a Laxman rekha, but seldom adhered to and frequently flouted by the rich and the influential, he said.

Vice-Chancellor of AU G.S.N. Raju said that inputs from the workshop should be integrated into the solution.

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Police stand guard on Hillsborough Tce in Hamilton where a man died after falling from a bank onto the road.

Police are working to identify an overseas businessman who died in Hamilton after falling down steep bank and over a 5 metre retaining wall onto the road.

The 32-year-old man was found unconscious with head injuries on Hillsborough Tce, in central Hamilton about 1am.

St John Ambulance received a call from a passing motorist who reported a man was lying on the road.

Police said an ambulance crew attended but were unable to save the man who died at the scene.

Waikato Police spokesman Andrew McAlley said police were treating the death as unexplained and were keeping an "open mind" about what had occured.

Detectives would be undertaking an area canvas of the neighbourhood to determine the path that led to the man's death.

This would include reviewing CCTV footage and speaking to owners of bars and businesses in the central business district.

He said police were still working to find out where the man was staying and how long he was in the country.

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Inspector Randall Wright says a dozen firefighters were called to the scene Monday afternoon. They found a 60-pound dog wedged upside down between a house wall and a retaining wall.

Wright says every time the dog whimpered, he slid further.

Firefighters couldn't just pull him out, so they improvised. They slid a pole under the dog, tied webbing ropes to his front paws, soaped up his fur and pulled.

They wriggled the dog out far enough to grab his back paws. A few tugs, and the pooch was free.

Wright says the dog appeared healthy, and neighbors returned him to his family.

It's unclear how he got stuck.

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