• mpion Sectors initiative􀇳 of the Ministry of Commerce.The Nivati-Medha break water harbour in the Konkan region of Maharashtra is being considered under 12 Cha
• In the absence of such a harbour the financial condition of fishermen in the area is
• deteriorating as they are totally dependent on the vagaries of the sea. Building of the
• breakwater harbour will help the fishermen to haul a better catch even in adverse
• conditions and also give a boost to the tourism industry by allowing cruise ships to dock at the harbour.
• Other tourism activities will also get a fillip. This will raise the living standards
• of local people in the area noted the Minister.

• Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal management or to protect an anchorage from the effects of both weather and longshore drift.
• Breakwaters reduce the intensity of wave action in inshore waters and thereby reduce coastal erosion or provide safe harbourage. Breakwaters may also be small structures designed to protect a gently sloping beach and placed one to three hundred feet offshore in relatively shallow water.
• An anchorage is only safe if ships anchored there are protected from the force of high winds and powerful waves by some large underwater barrier which they can shelter behind.
• Natural harbours are formed by such barriers as headlands or reefs. Artificial
• harbours can be created with the help of breakwaters.

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