Sea erosion threatened village residents to be resettled

"The project to shift the residents of sea erosion-hit Satabhaya gram panchayat to safer places is underway. They will be shifted to Bagapatia rehabilitation colony by March 31, 2013," Kendrapara Collector Durga Prasad Behera said.

Once the relocation process is complete, it would be Odisha's first ever rehabilitation and resettlement project for people displaced by sea erosion.

"The rehabilitation colony at Bagapatia is being readied for Satabhaya