Bhubaneswar: About 25.6 per cent of Odisha’s coastline stretching up to 140.7 km is being battered by mighty waves and undergoing erosion. The Union Forest and Climate Change Minister, Kirti Vardhan Singh, in a written reply told the Lok Sabha on Monday that Odisha has a total of 549.50 km stretch coastline of which 140.72 km (25.6%) are erosion prone.
As per the National Center for Coastal Research, (NCCR), it has been observed that 33.6% of the Indian coastline is under erosion, 26.8% is under accretion (growing) and 39.6% is in a stable state, the minister said.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued Coastal Regulation Zone Notifications with a view to conserve and protect the unique environment of coastal stretches and marine areas, besides livelihood security to the fishing communities and other local communities in the coastal areas.
The Ministry has issued directions to Coastal States and Union Territories for incorporation of Shoreline Management Plan in CZMP. National Center for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), an organization under MoEFCC and NCCR is providing technical support to coastal States for implementation of coastal protection measures at vulnerable stretches and also involved in the preparation of Shoreline Management Plans.
