Climate change-induced flooding forces seawall in Seychelles to be rebuilt
By Salifa Karapetyan
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The senior climate adaptation officer, Anie Simeon, said the flooding is “due to sea level rises, one of the results of climate change.”
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Coastal rehabilitation in Seychelles, a 115-island archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, is currently being done in different ways including the building of seawalls, rock hammering or timber pilling.
The coastal rehabilitation project is costing the climate change division close to $70,000 and is being carried out by Tirant Excavation. The project started in February but soon after the contractor encountered a problem as there was no base for the seawall. After the project which was redesigned took off again and is expected to be completed by the end of October.
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Rocks on the site were used as a base for the seawall, which will later be buried under the sand. The wall is being built at a height that will prevent water from reaching the road during high tide. The sand dune, onto which coconut trees and coco-grass (Cyperus rotundus) are being planted, creates distance between the road and water breaks.
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