Lok Sabha Question No. 2026 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Coastal Areas Erosion
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: PARVATAGOUDA CHANDANAGOUDA GADDIGOUDAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2026

ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## COASTAL AREAS EROSION

## 2026. SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to check erosion at the coastal areas of the country;
- (b) the funds allocated, sanctioned and utilised for the purpose during the last three years, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the current work status on the coastal areas of the country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a) The subject  of coastal  protection  falls  within the  purview  of the  States.  Accordingly, the  measures for  erosion  control  on  coastal areas  are  formulated  and  implemented by concerned  States  as per  their priority.  The  Government  of India  supplements  the efforts   of   the   States   by   providing   technical advice   and   promotional   financial assistance  for  management   of  coastal  erosion  in  critical  areas. In  addition  to  the efforts  made  by  the  State  Governments,   the  Union  Government   has  taken  the following steps to check the extent  of coastal erosion:
- i) A  Shoreline  Change  Atlas  of  the  Indian  Coast  has  been  prepared  by  the  Space  Application Centre (SAC),  Ahmadabad  in association with the Central  Water Commission  and  published  in  May, 2014,  which  consists  of  shoreline  change maps  based  on  satellite  data  of  1989-91  and  2004-06  on 1:25000 scale  for the entire country.
- ii) 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      of the      State of      Karnataka,      Kerala,  Maharashtra, Odisha,  Tamil  Nadu  and  UT  of Puducherry  were included.
- iii) As  an  outcome  of discussions  between  the  Government  of India  and  the  Asian Development Bank (ADB), a Project Preparatory Technical Assistance    (PPTA)  Programme  for  preparing a Sustainable  Coastal  Protection  and Management Project  for  the  States  of  Maharashtra,  Karnataka  & Goa  was  taken  up.  A  loan amounting  to  250  Million  USD  for  Sustainable  Coastal  Protection  and Management   Investment   Programme   (SCP&MIP)   was  approved   by  ADB  in Oct, 2010.
- (b) & (c) Under SCP&MIP-  Tranche-1, two projects namely Ullal Coastal Erosion &  Inlet Improvement    Project in Karnataka    and  Mirya    Bay Coastal Erosion    and Protection  Project  in Maharashtra  have been undertaken  with loan from ADB, having financing plan as under.

(Amount in Million USD)

|             |   State Contribution |   ADB Loan |   Total |
|-------------|----------------------|------------|---------|
| Karnataka   |                7.529 |     41.02  |  48.549 |
| Maharashtra |                3.589 |     10.535 |  14.124 |
| Total       |               11.118 |     51.555 |  62.673 |