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Cover Story Sankalp Yatra of New India

67 10 INDIAN BEACHES

ARE AMONG THE

CLEANEST IN THE

WORLD

The Beach Environment and
Beauty Management Services
programme has been launched
in the Integrated Coastal Zone
Management Project. Under
this, pollution abatement,
beautification,
protection, and
monitoring
services are
carried out on
beaches for a
Blue Flag Beach
68 Certificate. As a
result, ten beaches in
India have been added to
PLASTIC-FREE the list of the world's cleanest
INDIA- THE ROAD beaches. It is a Blue Flag, an

TO FREEDOM FROM internationally recognised
SINGLE-USE PLASTIC eco label.

In October 2019, Prime Minister Modi
n TOP 10 BEACHES OF THE COUNTRY
picked up the single-use plastic waste spread
on the beach of Mahabalipuram to give a strong Shivrajpur, Devbhoomi Dwarka Gujarat Ghoghala,
message for a single-use plastic-free India Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu Padubidri, Udupi
campaign. Between 40% and 96% of plastic waste District Karnataka Kasarkode, Karnataka Kovalam
occurs on beaches. Kerala Kappad Kerala Eden, Puducherry
For this, not only the resolution to eliminate single- Rushikonda Andhra Pradesh Golden, Odisha
n
use plastic has been included in the Swachh Bharat Radha Nagar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Abhiyan 2.0 but single-use plastic items have been
banned from July 1, 2022, by notifying the Plastic
Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021. Our government is also alert about
It consists of such items that have little utility the damage caused by plastic to the
but a high potential for littering. The Ministry of mountains. Along with the nationwide
Environment has already banned polythene bags campaign against single-use plastic, our
under 75 microns. Plastic bags of thickness less
than 120 microns will also be phased out from government is also working on plastic
December 31, 2022, in the country. waste management
-Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

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