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It's being termed as one of the biggest disasters facing India's environment. India has lost almost half its beaches along its once beautiful coastline. And in a few years from now, we won't have a single beach left, all due to thoughtless planning and improper implementation. It’s not too late – many miles of beaches can still be saved but the government is doing nothing. In fact most state governments are making things worse. It’s time we did something to stop this. NDTV is doing its bit by highlighting the disastrous effects of this large scale erosion. You TOO can join us in our endeavour to save India's beaches.
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| | Halt port projects to save beaches: Govt A look at the pictures of the Puducherry beach over a span of 20 years show how the beach has eroded. Three years after the first picture was taken, a harbour was constructed on the beach in 1989 altering the sea currents and impacting beach formation. | | | | Goa's vanishing coastline It was nine years ago that River Princess, a 240 m ship damaged its hull and got stuck at a Goa beach. Since then, the beach there has eroded so badly, that it is now almost disappearing. One of the many reasons why Goa's coast, often called paradise could soon lose that honour. | | | | New coastal policy threatens beaches The livelihood of the fishermen and an entire stretch of coastline in Tamil Nadu is under threat. The tough Coastal Regulation Zone that protects beaches and sea side areas will soon be replaced by a diluted version called the Coastal Management Zone or the CMZ.
| | | | New Chennai bridge displeases ecologists If the Tamil Nadu government has its way, Chennai could have an elevated corridor from the Light House to the East Coast Road. It would be a 7.4 km, six-lane bridge coming up along three beaches in Chennai. | | | | Gujarat's mangroves under threat Gujarat, the state which has India's longest coastline is home to one of the country's largest ports and special economic zone. One which will occupy over 60 kms of the coast. | |
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Posted by rajesh kumar on Friday, June 19, 2009
, bokaro steel city
I strongly feel that it is already too late but we can still start and catch up with the situation. people should not only join this campaign over the net but should be actually going to places and help in whatvever way they can.
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Posted by rama anand on Friday, June 19, 2009
, delhi
Unless and untill we don't feel that these things belong to us it's very difficult to save such beauties and in long run our kids want be able to know about rivers, beaches, hills etc. I wish all the good luck to NDTV who at least thought to do so because what I personally think that media is such a strong medium through which not only educated people but even uneducated mass can be made aware that all these natural beauties belong to each & every one in the country.
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Posted by shiva kumari on Thursday, June 18, 2009
, hyderabad
we can make and we can break-this is aptly applicable to our environment. Because, right now we are ones who are damaging it by producing more pollution and planting less plants. So, in few years for our younger generations, we are giving/gifting them a hopless future...wherein everything would be scarce. So, let us join hands together for the betterment of tomorrow.Let us take an oath to minimise the pollution by adapting to walking for short distances (without using any vehicles, using of water with full care and planting more and more number of plants. This might be a small step towards the change...but surely its impact would be lasting.
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Posted by Neeraja on Thursday, June 18, 2009
, Visakhapatnam
The beaches in visakhapatnam today are fast eroding. Causes are many but the biggest threst being that the industries have considered the beaches as a safe option to dump the wastes. Moreover the sand on these beaches are carried away in trucks all night through. There are many illegal and leagl constructions on the beaches which do not provide any way to gather the litter and the beaches again provide an option for these people. We need to wake up now or we would have lost the most scenic spots in a few years to come.... This comes from the hear of an ardent lover of Vizag's beaches
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Posted by karthik.MG on Thursday, June 18, 2009
, Bangalore
I have seen the animals' deadbodies quite frequently on the sea shores. This is very much because of our negligence towards the environment and mother earth.
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Posted by gunashhekar on Thursday, June 18, 2009
, auroville
first we have to band plastic
bags, use recycled paper bags only
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Posted by Nivedita on Thursday, June 18, 2009
, Raipur
When i saw this campaign in Ndtv.com i was over whelmed.Amongst all the natural beauties which god has given us Beaches are my all time favourite.Trust me I Love them. But being honest i have not done anything extra to save it. so if anyone can help me as to how to go about it, will surely take the initiative. Thanks & Regards nivedita
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Posted by rajnair on Thursday, June 18, 2009
, Trivandrum
I hope your media seriously takes up this cause, because I come from the coastal belt of Kerala and I know the kind of destruction that is being carried out here. The fact is that there is very little awareness among the people about the need to have beaches as part of our ecosystem. We in Kerala have already lost the Kochi beach, and god knows how many others, thanks to the Vallarpadam, Dubai Port. Now the greedy land Mafia with connivance of the politicians are going ahead with another port in Vizhizham, which is just around 3 km from the famous beach of Kovalam. Please, I request your channel to look into the feasibility of this project on the local environment. We have to act before it is too late, because time is running out to save the beaches of India. It is India's natural heritage and we need to fight this evil united.
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Posted by rachita das on Thursday, June 18, 2009
, bhubaneswar
i cannot envisage a future without the waves the sands and sea breeze.
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Posted by Islam Baig on Wednesday, June 17, 2009
, Burtonsville
Please save out beaches and other water bodies for our children and for India's future.
I really appreciate NDTV's initiative in highlighting this man made calmity facing our nation. Once it is destroyed, it will never be recovered.
Our callous policy makers, leaders and babus, please wake up.
Destruction of our natural resources is the most unpatriotic thing you can do to your country.
So please start rehabilitating it before it is gone for ever.
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