Lok Sabha Question No. 3727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Funds for Coastal Erosion
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Dr. C M Ramesh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3727

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2025

## Funds for Coastal Erosion

## 3727.   DR. C.M. RAMESH:

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

- (a) whether Districts have been classified as low erosion, high erosion in the country, if so, the details thereof: and
- (b) the budgetary allocation and utilization of resources for developing Mangrove and Shelterbelt  Plantations  and  Flood  Management  Scheme  for  the  period  2022-2025 State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

- (a): National  Centre  for  Coastal  Research  (NCCR),  an  organisation  of  the  Ministry  of Earth Sciences (MoES) has conducted assessment study on shoreline change of the Indian coastline for the period 1990 to 2018. As per the study, the shoreline change of coastline of India  has been classified in seven categories namely  stable, low erosion, moderate erosion, high erosion, low accretion, moderate accretion, and high accretion. Districts are not classified on the basis of erosion.  The district wise details of the length of the coastline with low erosion and high erosion for coastal districts are placed at Annexure -I.
- (b): Mangrove  Initiative  for  Shoreline  Habitats  &  Tangible  Incomes  (MISHTI)  is  a programme  launched  by  Government  of  India  for  restoration  of  Mangroves  through convergence of ongoing schemes and programmes. An initial sum of Rs.100 Crore has been allocated under MISHTI from Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) for providing support to States for the restoration of Mangroves. A sum of Rs 17.96 crore has been released to the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat ,Kerala, Odisha, West Bengal and Union Territory of Puducherry for restoration of mangroves during 202225 under MISHTI program.

Coastal Protection Schemes are eligible for Central assistance under Flood Management & Border Area Program (FMBAP). FMBAP is a scheme of Central Water Commission (CWC), under Ministry of Jal Shakti providing financial assistance for flood management and control to the State / UTs on Central : State share ratio of 90:10 for special category states and 60:40 for general category states. As per information provided by CWC, no funds have been released to any of the Coastal States during 2022-2024 under the scheme.

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District  specific  shoreline  status  as  per  National  Assessment  of  Shoreline  Changes  along Indian Coast, study, is as follows:

## 1. Gujarat

| District         | Length of the Coast (km)   | Length of the Coast (km)   |
|------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                  | High Erosion               | Low Erosion                |
| Valsad           | 1.56                       | 30.16                      |
| Navsari          | 2.90                       | 9.70                       |
| Surat            | 1.70                       | 6.20                       |
| Bharuch          | 0.72                       | 12.78                      |
| Anand            | 0.76                       | 7.30                       |
| Ahmadabad        | 3.08                       | 3.04                       |
| Bhavnagar        | 3.30                       | 27.90                      |
| Amreli           | 0.02                       | 8.34                       |
| Gir Somnath      | 1.18                       | 42.44                      |
| Junagadh         | 0.00                       | 20.96                      |
| Porbandar        | 0.00                       | 50.92                      |
| Dev Bhumi Dwarka | 2.66                       | 56.40                      |
| Morbi            | 0.20                       | 13.56                      |
| Jamnagar         | 10.62                      | 34.06                      |
| Kachchh          | 100.64                     | 47.12                      |
| TOTAL            | 129.34                     | 370.88                     |

2. Daman and Diu
3. Maharashtra

| District   | Length of the Coast (km)   | Length of the Coast (km)   |
|------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|            | High Erosion               | Low Erosion                |
| Daman      | 0.00                       | 5.66                       |
| Diu        | 0.00                       | 4.42                       |
| TOTAL      | 0.00                       | 10.08                      |

| District        | Length of the Coast (km)   | Length of the Coast (km)   |
|-----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                 | High Erosion               | Low Erosion                |
| Sindhudurg      | 0.20                       | 5.78                       |
| Ratnagiri       | 0.98                       | 46.34                      |
| Raigad          | 0.38                       | 40.84                      |
| Mumbai city     | 0.00                       | 2.18                       |
| Mumbai suburban | 0.02                       | 16.94                      |
| Thane           | 0.02                       | 0.88                       |
| Palghar         | 1.28                       | 61.14                      |
| TOTAL           | 2.88                       | 174.10                     |

## 4. Goa

| District   | Length of the Coast (km)   | Length of the Coast (km)   |
|------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|            | High Erosion               | Low Erosion                |
| North Goa  | 0.12                       | 5.98                       |
| South Goa  | 0.00                       | 19.04                      |
| Total      | 0.12                       | 25.02                      |

5. Karnataka
6. Kerala
7. Tamil Nadu
8. Puducherry
9. Andhra Pradesh
10. Odisha
11. West Bengal

| District         | Length of the Coast (km)   | Length of the Coast (km)   |
|------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| District         | High Erosion               | Low Erosion                |
| Dakshina Kannada | 1.50                       | 13.24                      |
| Udupi            | 0.00                       | 34.44                      |
| Uttara Kannada   | 0.64                       | 20.06                      |
| Total            | 2.14                       | 67.74                      |

| District           | Length of the Coast (km)   | Length of the Coast (km)   |
|--------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                    | High Erosion               | Low Erosion                |
| Kasargode          | 0.02                       | 32.26                      |
| Kannur             | 0.05                       | 31.82                      |
| Kozhikkode         | 0.76                       | 51.53                      |
| Malappuram         | 0.12                       | 23.60                      |
| Thrissur           | 0.00                       | 19.18                      |
| Ernakulam          | 0.02                       | 19.19                      |
| Alappuzha          | 2.03                       | 37.85                      |
| Kollam             | 1.91                       | 20.55                      |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 0.62                       | 24.55                      |
| TOTAL              | 5.53                       | 260.53                     |

| District       | Length of the Coast (km)   | Length of the Coast (km)   |
|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                | High Erosion               | Low Erosion                |
| Chennai        | 0.00                       | 4.21                       |
| Cuddalore      | 2.72                       | 12.20                      |
| Kancheepuram   | 1.26                       | 47.02                      |
| Kanniyakumari  | 0.07                       | 45.18                      |
| Nagapattinam   | 3.02                       | 42.65                      |
| Pudukkottai    | 0.13                       | 21.28                      |
| Ramanathapuram | 0.88                       | 104.97                     |
| Thanjavur      | 0.02                       | 17.06                      |
| Thiruvallur    | 2.94                       | 12.46                      |
| Thiruvarur     | 3.21                       | 11.32                      |
| Thoothukudi    | 1.93                       | 21.13                      |
| Tirunelveli    | 0.00                       | 10.73                      |
| Villupuram     | 0.00                       | 19.42                      |
| TOTAL          | 16.16                      | 369.63                     |

|            | Length of the Coast (km)   | Length of the Coast (km)   |
|------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| District   | High Erosion               | Low Erosion                |
| Karaikal   | 0.00                       | 15.34                      |
| Puducherry | 0.00                       | 7.66                       |
| TOTAL      | 0.00                       | 23.01                      |

| District   | Length of the Coast (km)   | Length of the Coast (km)   |
|------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| District   | High Erosion               | Low Erosion                |

| Nellore        |   6.13 |   44.04 |
|----------------|--------|---------|
| Prakasam       |   2.4  |    7.28 |
| Guntur         |   0.38 |    6.37 |
| Krishna        |  45.42 |    6.3  |
| West Godavari  |   5.96 |    0.85 |
| East Godavari  |  42.25 |   30.37 |
| Vishakhapatnam |   0.02 |   23.88 |
| Vizhianagaram  |   0    |   14.86 |
| Srikakulam     |   0.27 |   24.22 |
| TOTAL          | 102.84 |  158.17 |

| District      | Length of the Coast (km)   | Length of the Coast (km)   |
|---------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| District      | High Erosion               | Low Erosion                |
| Ganjam        | 4.00                       | 9.06                       |
| Puri          | 6.38                       | 7.06                       |
| Jagatsinghpur | 14.36                      | 11.56                      |
| Kendrapara    | 28.50                      | 11.34                      |
| Bhadrak       | 5.50                       | 2.82                       |
| Baleshwar     | 4.70                       | 5.68                       |
| TOTAL         | 63.44                      | 47.52                      |

| District          | Length of the Coast (km)   | Length of the Coast (km)   |
|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|                   | High Erosion               | Low Erosion                |
| East Midnapore    | 5.96                       | 16.11                      |
| South 24 Parangas | 91.68                      | 62.06                      |
| North 24 Parangas | 68.62                      | 24.68                      |
| Total             | 166.26                     | 102                        |