Big plan of environment ministry, preparation to make 100 more beaches worth blue flag

new Delhi. The Union Government’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is working towards making the country’s beaches clean and international on many scales. Work has now started for a hundred more coasts after eight beaches received the Blue Flag tag. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday hoisted the International Blue Flag on eight of the country’s beaches, which were selected for the tag on October 6 by an international jury consisting of organizations such as UNEP, UNESCO. The Blue Flag meets beaches where international standards of health, hygiene and environment comply with 33 stringent standards. This prestigious tag is given by the Foundation for Environment Education of Denmark. During this, Union Minister Javadekar called for the cleanliness of the beaches to be a mass movement.
India set a target of achieving the coveted Blue Flag tag for hundred more beaches in the next three years. Praising the efforts of the people along with the state and central governments, Javadekar said that the clean beaches indicate that the health of the coastal environment is good and the Blue Flag certificate is a global recognition of India’s conservation and sustainable development efforts. .
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said, “More such 100 beaches will be built in blue flag in the coming 3-4 years. The cleanliness of the sea shore is not only in terms of beauty and tourism potential but also to reduce the sea dirt and coastal environment. Seeing the importance of making it permanent, a mass movement should be made. ”
The places where the International Blue Flag was hoisted include Kappad in Kerala, Shivrajpur in Gujarat, Ghoghla in Diu, Kasarkode and Padubidri in Karnataka, Roshikonda in Andhra Pradesh, Golden and Odisha and Radhanagar of Andaman and Nicobar Diu groups. Blue flags were hoisted on these beaches by ministers and senior officials of the respective states and union territories.