CMZ a Threat to India’s Beaches – NDTV Report

June 13, 2009
The Government of India’s (GOI) proposal to replace the existing Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) with the Coastal Management Zone (CMZ) has met with stiff resistence from the public.  (This post, dated May 20, 2008, outlines the objections to the CMZ from the perspective of the fishing communities.)
NDTV’s report – [...]

Online Petition and SMS Campaign to Save India’s Beaches

In addition to its coverage of “The Death of India’s Beaches” and the subsequent series called “India’s Dying Beaches”, which has covered Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Kerala and Gujarat so far, NDTV has started an online petition and SMS campaign to save India’s beaches.
To add your name to the petition, please enter your name and email [...]

Gujarat’s Mangroves Under Threat – NDTV Report

June 8, 2009
The fourth report on NDTV’s “India’s Dying Beaches” series covers the destruction of a mangrove forest at Mundra, the site of India’s largest private port and Special Economic Zone (SEZ), which covers 60 kilometres of Gujarat’s coastline.  10,000 fisherfolk have lost their livelihoods due to the privatization of coastal [...]

8 June: Gathering to Celebrate World Oceans Day at 6pm on Beach Road in Pondicherry

Pondicherry People’s Protection Committee is organizing an informal gathering to celebrate World Oceans Day at 6pm on June 8, 2009, in front of the Gandhi statue on Beach Road (Goubert Salai) in Pondicherry.
This year’s theme is:  “one ocean, one climate, one future.”
Please come and join the citizens of Pondicherry in taking a pledge to protect [...]

Celebrate World Oceans Day – 8 June 2009

The concept for World Oceans Day was proposed in 1992 by the Government of Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and it had been unofficially celebrated every year since then. Official designation by the U.N. is a significant step in conserving and protecting our world’s ocean.
World Oceans Day provides an opportunity each [...]

Concrete Killing Kovalam Beach – NDTV Report

June 5, 2009
The third in the NDTV series “India’s Dying Beaches’ features Kerala’s famous Kovalam Beach, where sand has given way to concrete in just three years. Resorts, spas and eateries – all constructed illegally – as well as illegal sand mining, have resulted in 386 out of 591 kilometres (over [...]

“The Fight to Save India’s Beaches” – rediff.com

June 5, 2009
A. Ganesh Nadar of rediff.com interviews PondyCAN president Probir Banerjee on World Environment Day on “The Fight to Save India’s Beaches.” The text of the interview is posted below:
Don’t we all love spending a day out on the beach? Our beaches are not only spots of fun and beauty but they preserve our [...]

Sea Claims Orissa Villages – NDTV Report

June 3, 2009
The second report on NDTV’s “India’s Dying Beaches” is focussed on the devastation in the state of Orissa.  Despite the evidence of more than 1 to 1 1/2 kilometres of eroded beaches after the development of Paradeep Port in 1968, the Orissa government has 11 new ports slated for [...]

“Coastal Chennai Losing Homes to Sea” – NDTV Report

June 2, 2009
Following their report on the Death of India’s Beaches on 28 May, NDTV has started a series called “India’s Dying Beaches”, slated to cover all the coastal states of India.
Their first report in this series:  “Coastal Chennai losing homes to sea” can also be viewed on the NDTV site [...]

The Death of India’s Beaches – NDTV Report

On 28 May 2009, NDTV aired a report on “The Death of India’s Beaches”, featuring an interview with PondyCAN’s president, Probir Banerjee.
To view the video on the NDTV site, click here. The text of the report is given below.
NDTV plans a weekly broadcast with reports from each state to examine the [...]