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Dying in isolation

Dying in isolation the Sagar dweep system (sds , or the Sagar group of islands) in the Bay of Bengal is teetering on the verge of total destruction due to massive soil erosion and other natural calamities. The issue has now become a matter of global ecological concern.

Originally, the sds comprised about 31 tiny islets. But most of them vanished due to massive land subsidence and rapid soil erosion caused by strong tidal waves and gales. Around 1947, the sds comprised of only five major islands and 18 small islets, which were uninhabited. The five major islands of the sds were: Ghoramara, Agunmari, Luouhora, Suparidanga and Sagar. By 1990, the map of sds changed completely as three major islands

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