World Bank-aided coastal mission (two stretches of Odisha coast — Gopalpur-Chilika and Paradip-Dhamra)gets green signal

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on March 25 cleared the decks for undertaking India’s ambitious Rs 1,156-crore Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) project which assumes significance in the backdrop of rising sea levels due to global warming. The project, to be implemented over the next five years by the Environment Ministry, is assisted by World Bank which will provide a financial assistance of Rs 897 crore..........................  

ICZM activities along the Gulf of Kachchh and in Jamnagar district in Gujarat will entail a total investment of around Rs 298 crore, while those in the two stretches of Odisha coast — Gopalpur-Chilika and Paradip-Dhamra will involve a total investment of Rs 201 crore. ICZM activities in Sunderban, Haldia and Digha-Shankarpur regions in West Bengal will be carried out at a total investment of Rs 300 crore. Read More............... Link.................... http://www.dailypioneer.com/244713/World-Bank-aided-coastal-mission-gets-green-signal.html,

Source The Pioneer