Lok Sabha Question No. 2592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: Society of Integrated Coastal Management
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shantanu Thakur, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva, Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2592

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2020

## Society of Integrated Coastal Management

2592.   SHRI SHANTANU THAKUR:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI:

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government has been successful in achieving the objective of the Society of Integrated Coastal Management' being implemented as a pilot project in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has been successful in reducing coastal pollution and waste and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of Indian coasts included under the said project; and
- (d) the extent to which the said project is likely to promote tourism?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO )

(a) to(c): Under the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, theSociety of Integrated Coastal Management (SICOM) was set up as National Project Management Unit to implement the  Integrated  Coastal  Zone  Management  Project  in  identified  coastal  stretches  of  the  Gulf  of Kachchh in Gujarat; Gopalpur-Chilika and Dhamra- Pradeep, in Odisha; and Digha-Shankarpur, &Sagar Island in West Bengal for protecting and conserving coastal and marine environmentand sustainable  development  of  these  areas.  Pollution  abatement  is  one  of  the  important  thematic areas of the project.  To this end, the project helped in setting up of Sewage Treatment Plants for the city of Jamnagar in Gujarat and Digha town in West Bengal, besides improvement in sewage networks system in these areas. To combat air pollution, complete grid electrification was carried out for Sagar Island in West Bengal, which was fully dependent on power supply through highly polluting diesel gensets.  The Beach Environment and Aesthetic Management Service (BEAMS) programme  has  been  piloted  in  identified  13  beaches  across  the  coastal  States/UTs.    High standards of cleanliness and effective management of solid waste from such beaches is one of the major activities of the BEAMS programme. A week long intensive beach cleaning drive was also undertaken in 50 other identified beaches of the country across all coastal States/UTs, under the Swatchh Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan.

(d):  The  BEAMS  programme under  the  ICZM  Project has  been  envisaged  as  an  Eco-tourism model  endeavouring  to  provide  to  the  tourists/beach  goers  clean  and  hygienic  bathing  water, facilities/amenities,  safe  and  healthy  environment  for  promoting  tourism  and  sustainable development of the area.

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