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Kadakachang Bridge cum Sluice Gate The bridge cum sluice gate at Kadakachang which got severely damaged by the 2004 Great Sumatra - Andaman earthquake triggered tsunami, finally has been rebuilt. As of now the finishing work is in progress. Once formally opened, the decade and a half long wait for the residents of rural South Andaman would come to an end. Earlier posts on the issue : The day stands still for K adakachang B ridge cum S luice gate https://debkumarbhadra.blogspot.com /2016/01/ the-day-stands-still-for-kadakachang.html Featured in the S pecial E dition of T he A ndaman E xpress dated 26/01/2016 6 Y ears is too long a wait https://debkumarbhadra.blogspot.com /2011/11/6 -years-and-counting.html Featured in the L ight of A ndamans dated 09/09/2011 The I nconvenient T ruth https://debkumarbhadra.blogspot.com/2011/08/inconvenient-truth.html Featured in the P ort B lair edition of E cho of I ndia dated 11/08/2011

A decade after 2004 tsunami, the day stands still for K adakachang B ridge cum S luice G ate Debkumar Bhadra | Musings of an Islander | South Andaman More than a decade back on the fateful day of D ecember 26, 2004 the G reat S umatra- A ndaman earthquake jolted the  A ndaman and  N icobar  I slands out of slumber only to stand spectator to a giant tsunami that raided the islands washing away almost anything to everything falling its way. The S luice G ate at K adakachang in S outh A ndaman was one such structure that was severely damaged by the earthquake triggered tsunami. The swell also washed away a portion of the road at K adakachang creating a breach which added to flooding of large tracts of plantation and agricultural land belonging to old inhabitants of the region. Elsewhere in the islands, numerous lives were lost and properties worth crores damaged. Satellite image showing the Kakakachang Sluice Gate The Govt of India and a good nu...