Chennai you won't see in five years

Beachfront luxury villas and other structures along parts of Chennai could soon be under seawater. Neelankarai beach and Adyar estuary may no longer be visible before the end of this century due to rising sea levels if carbon emissions are not brought under control. Marina Beach, on the other hand, may stop growing and may be relatively less affected.

A study by the city-based National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) has projected that land lying within 100m from Chennai’s coast may be inundated by 2025 if sea levels rise by around 7cm due to climate change in these five years. If emissions are not brought under control and measures are not taken to protect the coast, then by the year 2100, localities more than 1km inland from the coast could go under water as the sea level along Chennai may rise by 77.88cm.