Beach Current Affairs, GK & News
Eight Indian Beaches get Blue Flag International Eco-Label
On September 19, 2020, the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that 8 Indian beaches have been recommended for the Blue Flag International Eco label. The announcement was made on the eve of International coastal clean-up day. All the eight beaches have now been provided with the Blue Flag label. Highlights The eight beaches that ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences
Topics: Beach • BEAMS • Blue Flag • Blue Flag beach • blue flag certification • Integrated coastal zone management • SICOM
Chandrabhaga beach becomes Asia’s first beach to get Blue Flag certification
The Chandrabhaga beach on the Konark coast of Odisha has become the Asia’s first beach to get the Blue Flag certification — the tag given to environment-friendly and clean beaches, equipped with amenities of international standards for tourists. The beach awarded the honour on World Environment Day (WED) on June 5, 2018. Apart from this, ..
Topics: Beach • Blue Flag beach • Chandrabhaga beach • Daman and Diu • Landforms • Physical geography
Blue Flag Project
The Union Environment Ministry has launched a pilot project ‘Blue Flag’ for beach clean-up and development. The purpose of the project is to enhance standards of cleanliness, upkeep and basic amenities at beaches. Under the pilot programme, each of the coast of the state/UT was requested to identify/nominate a beach, which is to be funded ..
Topics: Beach • Civil engineering • Cleanliness • Coastal engineering • Coastal geography • Coastal management • Coasts • Flag • Physical geography