COASTAL EROSION
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NCCR,
a connected office of the ministry of earth sciences, Administration of India,
has been commanded to complete all multidisciplinary research under the focal area:
Marine Contaminations, Beach front cycles and Perils, Seaside Living spaces and
Biological system and Limit Building and Preparing.
What are
NCCR's most important observations regarding coastal erosion?
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Some
stretches of India's coastline are liable to shifting levels of disintegration
because of regular causes or anthropogenic exercises.
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The
coastline examination recommends that 34% of the coast is disintegrating, 28%
is accumulating and 38% is in a steady state.
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The
state-wise examination proposes that in the West Bengal (63%) and Pondicherry
(57%) coasts, disintegration surpasses over half, trailed by Kerala (45%) and
Tamil Nadu (41%).
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Odisha
(51%) is the main waterfront state which is having over half of growth.
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The
subsiding shoreline will cause loss of land/environment and the vocation of
anglers as far as losing the space for stopping boats, patching nets and
fishing activities.
What
measures have been taken by the government to stop coastal erosion?
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Risk Line: The
hazard line for the entire nation's coast has been established by the Ministry
of Environment, Forestry, and Climate Change (MoEFCC). The hazard line is a
sign of changes to the shoreline, including rising sea levels as a result of
climate change.
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This
line is to be involved by organizations in Seaside States as a device for
Catastrophe The executives including arranging of versatile and relief
measures.
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Waterfront Zone The board Plans: The risk line highlights in the new Waterfront Zone The
executives Plans of the seaside States/Association domains supported by the
MoEFCC.
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Plan for Managing Floods: This plan is the Service of Jal Shakti, including hostile
to the ocean disintegration plans arranged and executed by the State
Legislatures with their own assets according to needs of States.
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State
governments receive technical, advisory, catalytic, and promotional assistance
from the Union Government.
CMIS, or
the Coastal Management Information System:
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Under
the Central Sector Plan Scheme's "Development of Water Resources
Information System," it was started.
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CMIS
is a method of gathering data for use in the planning, design, construction,
and upkeep of site-specific coastal protection structures along vulnerable
coastal stretches.
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Attenuation of Coastal Erosion: These actions have been taken up at Puducherry and
Chellanam in Kerala, which helped in rebuilding and assurance of waterfront
regions lost at Puducherry and flooding at Chellanam Fishing Town.
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The
coastal states have received technical assistance in the creation of Shoreline
Management Plans and the design of coastal protection measures at vulnerable
stretches.
SNAKE BITE
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A
group of specialists from a United Kingdom university have set up a pilot study
in Burujhari town in Odisha, India to assist it with lessening the quantity of
fatalities from Snakebite Envenoming (SE) and will investigate
arrangements like an Early Admonition Framework for snakes.
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The
majority of cases of snake bites occur in rural India, making India the country
with the highest death toll worldwide.
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In
June 2017, the World Health Organization officially designated Snakebite
Envenoming as a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) of the highest priority.
What is envenoming from snakebite?
About:
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Having
venom sprayed into the eyes by certain snake species that have the ability to
spit venom as a defense measure can also lead to SE, a potentially
life-threatening disease that typically occurs following the injection of a
mixture of various toxins (venom).
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In
rural tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, the Middle East, Asia,
Oceania, and Latin America, snakebite poses a significant daily health risk,
particularly for the hundreds of millions of people living in rural and
peri-urban communities that rely on agriculture and subsistence activities for
survival. Impact:
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Long-term
complications like deformities, contractures, amputations, visual impairment,
renal complications, and psychological distress affect many snakebite victims,
most of whom live in developing nations.
The WHO's Strategy for SE:
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The
World Health Organization (WHO) unveiled its roadmap in 2019 with the goal of
halving snakebite-related deaths and disabilities by 2030.
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By
2030, there must be a 25% increase in competent manufacturers in order to establish
a sustainable market for antivenoms.
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A
pilot project to build a global antivenom stockpile has been planned by WHO.
Coordinating snakebite treatment and reaction into public wellbeing plans
in impacted nations, including better preparation of wellbeing work force and
teaching networks.
What exactly are NTDs, or neglected tropical diseases?
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In
the developing countries of Africa, Asia, and the Americas, marginalized
communities are most at risk for NTDs.
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They
are brought on by a wide range of pathogens, including parasitic worms,
viruses, bacteria, and protozoa.
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NTDs
are particularly prevalent in tropical regions devoid of safe disposal options
for human waste or clean drinking water.
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These
sicknesses by and large get less financing for examination and therapy than
disquietudes like tuberculosis, HIV-Helps and jungle fever.
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NTDs
are, for instance,: snakebite envenomation, scabies, yaws, trachoma,
Leishmaniasis and Chagas sickness and so on.
PMFME
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The
ministry of food processing and industries (MoFPI) has supported ODOP for 713
areas of 35 States and UTs under Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Miniature food
handling Endeavors (PMFME) Plan on the proposals of individual States/UTs.
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By
promoting and branding a single product from each district of the country, the
ODOP initiative aims to boost economic growth at the district level.
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ODOP
has been supported for every one of the 36 locale of Territory of Maharashtra
including 20 exceptional items.
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No
ODOP item has been suggested by the Territory of West Bengal under PMFME Plan.