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Environment ministry launches pilot project ‘Blue Flag’
December 27 , 2017
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- The environment ministry has launched a pilot project ‘Blue Flag’ to enhance standards of cleanliness on beaches.
- Its prime objective is to enhance standards of cleanliness, upkeep and basic amenities at beaches.
- The 'Blue Flag' is a certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education(FEE) that a beach, marina or sustainable boating tourism operator, meets its stringent standards.
- Under the pilot project, each of coastal state/UT was requested to identify and nominate a beach, which is to be funded through ongoing Integrated Coastal Management Programme (ICMP).
- All the coastal states have nominated the pilot beaches in their receptive territories including Goa.
- The coastal states in India – Tamilnadu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal.
- The coastal UT’s in India - Daman and Diu, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andamanan and Nicobar.
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