A team of World Bank officials from New Delhi inspected vulnerable coastal areas in Nagapattinam district to probe the feasibility of constructing houses within 1000 metres from the sea. Officer on Special Duty (Tsunami Relief and Rehabilitation), Tamil Nadu Government, C.V. Sankar, accompanied the team led by Christoph Pusch, which visited Nagapattinam, Velankanni, Nagore and Tharangampadi.