Erosion of coastlines
As per
data base compiled by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in
the year of 2005, around 23% of the Indian coastline is affected by
varying degrees of erosion. A Shoreline Change Atlas of the Indian
Coast prepared by the Space Application Centre (SAC), Ahmadabad in
association with the Central Water Commission in May, 2014, indicates
that around 45% of the total coastline is under erosion, around 35.7% of
coastline is under accretion and rest (18.79%) is under stable
category.
During the last decade, following steps have been taken to check the extent of coastal erosion:-
i) In the year 1995, this Ministry constituted a Coastal Protection
Development & Advisory Committee (CPDAC) for organising,
coordinating programme of collection, compilation, evaluation and
publication of data relating to various natural phenomenon in coastal
processes, which affect the coastal line, identification of coastal
zones and draw up short and long term plans for coastal protection. The
CPDAC had met 14 times so far.
ii) During the X Plan (2002-07), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, “Critical
anti-erosion works in coastal and other than Ganga basin States” was
approved by Government of India under which the anti-sea erosion works
for the States of Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and
UT of Puducherry were included and Central Assistance amounting to Rs.
13.17 crore was released to the states/UTs for anti-sea erosion works.
iii) During the XI Plan (2007-12), the Government of India launched a
Flood Management Programme (FMP) for providing central assistance to the
State Governments for taking up flood management works including
anti-sea erosion works. Under this scheme, central assistance was
released to Government of Gujarat for construction of sea-walls/coastal
protection works.
iv) In addition, the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation Resources initiated the process of collecting details
of severely affected reaches to explore the possibility of preparing a
National Coastal Protection Project (NCPP) for taking up the same for
external assistance. A loan amounting to 250 Million USD for Sustainable
Coastal Protection and Management Investment Programme (SCP&MIP)
was approved by ADB in Oct, 2010. Currently, Sustainable Coastal
Protection and Management Investment Programme (SCP&MIP)-Tranche-1
is on-going in the States of Karnataka and Maharashtra at an estimated
cost of 62.7 Million USD including ADB loan of 51.56 Million USD.
Planning and execution of the anti-sea erosion measures are undertaken
by the maritime States/UTs as per their own priority. The union
government supports the efforts of states by providing technical advice
and promotional financial assistance for critical projects. The Flood
Management Programme launched by the Ministry has provision for anti sea
erosion/coastal protection works and the funding pattern under this
programme is 50(centre) :50 (states) for General Category States.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Prof. Sanwar Lal Jat
in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Samir/jk
(Release ID :144648)
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