Pushpavanam

Pushpavanam is in Vedaranyam block of Nagapattinam district and is a large panchayat consisting of of over 1800 households. The fishing hamlet in Pushpavanam consists of about 250 households.

The seas around Pushpavanam is known for their slushy seabed due to its proximity to Point Calimer (Kodiyakarai) where the Palk Bay meets the Bay of Bengal and silt from both waters meet. Just as in other other places, the worst damage has been caused by the flooding by the sea, more than the rain and the wind. But the volume of marine slush deposited in unprecedented here. Most houses are damaged and cleaning the slush out of the village itself will take several weeks. In over 4 days, the village is yet to dry up.
Being marine slush, this place is beginning to smell and poses and major health risks.

There has been no electricity and people have been unable to even begin cleaning their homes let alone clean their streets. Most are still staying at the makeshift relief camp at the primary school.

The warning for sea flooding only mentioned storm surges of upto 1 metre height. However, they received no word about the possible extent of sea flooding. Most of the coastal villages were literally in neck-deep waters. Small scale fibre boats, engines and nets were thrown off to the sides and smashed up against houses. Many boats are now missing, broken beyond measure or damaged to varying degrees. Over 60 small fishing boats have been damaged in this village.

But how farmers here are going to handle the extent of soil contamination here remains a serious question.

Large sections of Pushpavanam are living in this relief camp, as on 21/11/2019

As on 21/11/2018, sea floodwaters that inundated farmlands have still not dried up even after 5 days. Marine slush deposited all over the farms

As on 21/11/2018, sea slush still to dry. This is a major cause of infection, and is a health risk.