CASE STUDY ON SEA WALL EMBANKMENT AT PENTHA, ODISHA CHALLENGE: Pentha is a sea shore village in Odisha, India, which has lost considerable coastal area. In 2011, shore line over-ran the old embankment. The project was to provide permanent solution to the protect the existing embankment, the habitation of Pentha and adjoining villages and immediate cultivable land, sea wall of 505 meters with geotextile tubes as core was conceptualised. * The project was funded by the World Bank under Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (ICZMP). * Work awarded on 24 -07 -2013 and Cyclone Phailin hit on 12-10-2013 * Various site constraints like space, alignments etc * Minimum affect to the environment SOLUTION: * Geotextile containment systems in tubular forms filled with locally available sand which are formed in-situ on land or in water to protect shore and marine environments * As polymer is inert to corrosive coastal environment, polymer rope gabions were the preferred solution for coastal protection works, and are ideally suited as armor layer and aprons in resisting all erodible effects of waves * Modification in the design due to advancement of shoreline towards existing embankment. * Alignment of protection work was shifted towards the embankment. RESULT: * Ensured maximum usage of local resources * Least environment impact * Long term performance & higher Cost-benefit ratio * Presently eco-tourism camps are set up by the government body * High social benefit for nearby villages due to confidence generated by the stoppage of erosion. Better Ideas in Action 3 Geosynthetics Case Studies Guide 2024http://www.garwarefibres.com