‘Mangrove Man’ in India fights to salvage sinking shores
Associated PressVYPIN ISLAND, India — On the receding shorelines of low-lying Vypin Island off India’s western coast, T. P. Murukesan fixed his eyes on the white paint peeling off the damp walls of his raised home and recounted the most recent floods. T. P. Murukesan and wife Geetha Murukesan plant mangrove saplings in between bamboo pieces at their home nursery on Vypin Island in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023. T. P. Murukesan poses with his family, from left, daughter Nimitha Manoj, wife Geetha Murukesan, grandson T. M. Akanitth at their home on Vypin Island in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023. Murukesan and daughter Nimitha Manoj pick bamboo pieces from their home nursery for mangrove saplings to be planted on Vypin Island in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 4, 2023. T. P. Murukesan inspects mangrove saplings that he grew at his home nursery on Vypin Island in Kochi, Kerala state, India, on March 5, 2023.
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