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It’s a 22.5 km-long mineral sand beach containing heavy mineral contents like ilmenite, rutile, zircon and sillimanite. He says both the companies should urgently take actions to reduce Sea Washing.“The mineral sand dunes were natural protection of coastline in Alappad. In fact, our struggle against mineral and sand mining dates to the very day these companies started their work in our village,” says Sajeesh Mukundan of 'Save Alappad. We have asked the companies to stop beach washing, but they are not complying with the order. "Beach washing is the primary reason for the erosion of land in Alappad..