Lok Sabha Question No. 2970 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-16
Subject: Schemes of Earth Sciences
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2970 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, December 16, 2015

## SCHEMES OF EARTH SCIENCES

## 2970 SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  schemes  or  projects  implemented  or  being  implemented  by  the  Ministry  in Gujarat during the last three years;
- (b) the details of funds allocated in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any survey for continuous rising sea-level in coastal areas of Gujarat; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

(SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- (a) The following Central Sector Schemes of the Ministry have been implemented in Gujarat during the  last  three  years,  though  the  Ministry  does  not  have  any  specific  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme (CSS) in  Gujarat:
- I. Established  an  Earth  Science  and  Technology  Centre  (ESTC)  in  Bhavnagar  University  to expand focused R&D activities in Marine Coastal Ecology.
- II. Varahamihira  Chair  Professor  and  Young  Fellow  in  the  Indian  Institute  of  Technology, Gandhinagar.
- III. A project to study climate change impacts on human, natural and special environment to the Centre for Environmental Planning and  Technology (CEPT) University, Ahmedabad.
- IV. A  project  on  Bio-fuel  granted  to  Central  Salt  and  Marine  Chemicals  Research  Institute (CSMCRI) Bhavnagar.
- V. South  Asian  Precipitation  A  Seamless  Assessment  (SAPRISE)  under  'Changing  Water Cycle' by Indian Centre for Climate and Social Impacts Research (ICCSIR), Ahmedabad.
- VI. Legal and Regulatory for the Exploration and Exploitation of the Indian Ocean Resources by Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.
- VII. Study of source process and seismic hazard associated with the uninterrupted occurrences of intraplate earthquakes in the Kachchh seismic zone, Gujarat, India.
- VIII. Engineering site investigations for dam axis selection in the Gulf of Khambhat under the Kalpasagar Project.
- IX. Setting up of 8 Electronic Display boards at Bhadreshwar, Jakhao, Juna Bander, Mandvi, Nanalaija,  Diu,  Porbandar  and  Veraval  of  Gujarat  for  dissemination  of  information  to fisherman community.
- X. Monitoring of marine pollution at four locations at Vadinar, Veraval and Hazira.
- (b) The quantum of fund allocation for implementation of the above projects in Gujarat was Rs. 9.047 crores for the last 3 years.
- (c) Yes, Madam.
- (d) As  a  part  of  long-term  monitoring  of  sea  level,  the  Survey  of  India  has  established  4  tide gauges viz. Okha, Veraval, Porbandar, Kandla for continuous measurements of sea level along the Gujarat coast.  All of these tide gauge stations are transmitting data in real time to the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad under the Ministry of  Earth  Sciences  (MoES).  The  analysis  of  past  tide  gauge  records  for  the  Indian  coastline regions gives an average sea level rise of 1.29 mm/year for the last 40 years. The Ministry of Environment,  Forests  and  Climate  Change  (MoEF&CC)  had  launched  an  Integrated  Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Project in Gujarat primarily for demarcation hazard line for mapping.

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