Kadike Beach, is located in a small village of Badanidiyoor in Udupi district, Karnataka, India. This beach is located 3.5 km away from Malpe Beach, which is a popular tourist destination and also a major fishing harbor on the coastline of Karnataka.

Asare Beach Park

The volunteers of Durgamba Yuvaka Vrinda and Mahila Vrinda, a village based social youth organization have built a unique beach park near Kadike Beach. An illegal garbage dumping zone that had developed near the beach was converted into a theme park by volunteers of the organization during the period of COVID lockdown.[1][2]

Asare Beach Park was constructed at an expense of ₹18 Lakh which was crowd sourced without any government aid. The park has a 6.5 ft tall statue of Indian freedom fighter, Subhash Chandra Bose , 15 concrete benches, huts, swings and a slide in the children's play area.[3]

Experimental Tidal Power Plant

Vijay Kumar Hegde, Engineer and head of Susi Global Research Centre installed a pilot tune-up tidal power plant, 250 mts off Kadike Beach in April 2015.[4] The setup was mounted on a seven foot high platform with a drum two feet in diameter and four feet in length attached to it. This drum floats due to the current of the waves, in turn mechanically powering the ratchet and gear mechanism attached[5][6]

This experimental project had 19 CFL bulbs of 5 watts attached to it which would glow as a result of the tidal energy generated. The technology received a patent in 2006 but was rendered suitable only for area's with high tides.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Udupi: Youngsters turn garbage pile into beautiful park". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Udayavani. "Malpe: Garbage disposal site transformed into a beach park". Udayavani (in Kannada). Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ↑ ಸುದ್ದಿಜಾಲ, ವಿಜಯವಾಣಿ. "ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ ಕೊಂಪೆ ಆಯ್ತು ಪಾರ್ಕ್, ಸ್ಥಳೀಯರಿಂದಲೇ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ –". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Prabhu, Ganesh (10 April 2015). "Mini tidal power plant installed at Kadike". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Kemmannu.com | Experimental Tidal Power Project launched at Kadike Beach, Kemmannu". www.kemmannu.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Karnataka, Headline. "ಸಮುದ್ರದ ಅಲೆಗಳಿಂದ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ; ಕೆಮ್ಮಣ್ಣು ಬಳಿ ಉತ್ಪಾದನಾ ಘಟಕ !". Headline Karanataka. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Karnataka: Riding the wave: Udupi firm pitches for tidal power plant". Bangalore Mirror. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2021.


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