Chennai:
A study by the Ministry of Environment and Forests through the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Chennai in association with the Institute of Ocean Management,Anna University, Chennai revealed that on an average, around 40 per cent of the Indian coast is subjected to coastal erosion.
The study regarding “assessment of shore line change for the entire coast of mainland India, extending from Gujarat in the West coast to West Bengal in the East coast” was assessed for a period of 38 years from 1972 – 2010.
The Ministry had in 1995 constituted a Coastal Protection Development Advisory Committee (CPDAC) under the Chairmanship of Member (RM), Central Water Commission to study the coastal erosion processes in the country and measures required to tackle the problem in a scientific and coordinated manner. The committee has met 14 times so far and it had interactions with coastal States, according to Ministry of Water Resources.
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