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- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has selected 13 beaches across the country for ‘Blue Flag’ Certification programme.
- Chandrabhaga beach of Odisha’s Konark coast was the first to complete the tag certification process.
- It will also be the first in Asia to get the Blue Flag certification.
- The Blue Flag Programme for beaches and marinas is run by the international, non-governmental, non-profit organisation FEE.
- It started in France in 1985 and has been implemented in Europe since 1987.
- Japan and South Korea are the only countries in South and south eastern Asia to have Blue Flag beaches.
- Spain tops the list with 566 such beaches.
- Criterion for being certified include having waste disposal facilities, being disabled- friendly, having first aid equipment and no access to pets in the main areas of the beach.
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