Around 250 huts at the Besant Nagar slum were wiped out by the tsunami. Some of the remains of these huts can still be seen. Amazingly on this part of the beach not one life was lost. The residents who lived near the sea lost most everything - their housing, their clothing and possessions.
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Artlab, Intermission & YWAM - Kottivakkam Beach cleanup (part 1)
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