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August 10, 2023 - Sairee Beach, Chumphon province. A digger excavates what remains of the original beach at Sairee in Chumphon Province as a worker looks on. Half of what was renowned as an idyllic sandy cove has been a construction site for several years as authorities build a sea wall covering half of the beach and removing the original sand.
Fearing irreversible impact to the beach, residents soon staged protests against the seawall, even as excavators continued to work on the shore. The officials refused to stop construction citing serious erosion to the coastal area, something which the many in the local community denied. The seawall is expected to be fully completed in 2024.
Thailand is renowned for its iconic and idyllic beaches which draw millions of tourists every year. But concrete seawalls are becoming an increasingly common sight along Thailand’s eastern and southern coastlines in recent years, slowly replacing the geographical features that have made Thailand famous. According to Beach for Life, a group that monitors the construction of these structures and the environmental impact they have, at least 125 of them have been built since 2015, the year the group began its tracking.
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2023-08-10
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