From the archive record
Indira point lighthouse situated on Andaman & Nicobar Islands. One can see extensive tsunami damage along the coast here, with vegetation, trees and the lighthouse itself submerged in the Andaman Sea. Our crew conducted a post-tsunami recce of the damaged areas. The tsunami which resulted from the Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004 inundated much of the area. This partly damaged the lighthouse, which subsided 4.25 m. As a result of this subsidence, the coast retreated and the sea moved permanently inland. The lighthouse has since been repaired. The base of the lighthouse was 5 m above sea level when constructed in 1972. After the tsunami, the sea rose and the base was less than a metre above the sea level, showing over 4 meters of sea floor subsidence. It has been observed that the sea is slo