“Monoculture of commercially viable trees is destroying the unique natural profile. Thoughtless exploitation of timber, deforesting vast tracts for palm cultivation, destruction of mangroves, *** logging by tribals and poaching only compounds the problem. Fresh water pockets are fast drying up due to deforestation and destruction of mangroves”. The place referred to this quotation is :
(a) Sundarban (b) Kerala coast (c) Orissa coast (d) Andaman and Nicobar Island
