The government says it is looking at more sustainable solutions?

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The 2017 and 2018 floods left more than 3,200 people homeless – around 1,500 of them now live in an IDP camp in Djougop, further inland.

The disaster prompted Senegal to start construction of the dike in 2019, partially funded by France.

The 2017 and 2018 floods left more than 3,200 people homeless - around 1,500 of them now live in an IDP camp in Djougop, further inland
The 2017 and 2018 floods left more than 3,200 people homeless – around 1,500 of them now live in an IDP camp in Djougop, further inland JOHN WESSELS AFP
The project, worth around 100 million euros ($ 117 million), also includes a relocation program.

Construction is expected to be completed by the end of this year, when the colossal barrier will stretch 3.6 kilometers (2.2 miles) along the coast.

However, the project also requires demolitions of houses in a 20 meter wide strip behind the barrier.

Between 10,000 and 15,000 people in total are expected to be phone number library uprooted, said Mandaw Gueye, an official working on the project.

an internally displaced persons camp as their homes were engulfed by raging seas, coastal erosion and the collapsing soil beneath them.
Many residents had no choice but to move to an internally displaced persons camp as their homes were engulfed by raging seas, coastal erosion and the collapsing soil beneath them. JOHN WESSELS AFP
Some will end up in Djougop and neighboring neighborhoods where the World Bank is co-financing the construction of 600 housing units, he said.

Other project officials stressed that the displaced would be compensated.

But residents seem decidedly unenthusiastic about Djougop – a bland expanse of blue-roofed bungalows built in the desert, far from the sea.