The collapse of Pondicherry Iconic old Pier
The Union Territory of Pondicherry has a coastline of 45 km and a continental shelf of 675 sq./kms. Pondicherry was historically known as Putucceri, the union territory originated from the Tamil words Putu (“new”) and Ceri (“village”). The French had this changed to Pondichéry until 2006 when it got its original name ‘Puducherry’ back.