INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP DAY – 2023 "UNITING COMMUNITIES FOR A CLEANER COAST"
INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP DAY – 2023 "UNITING COMMUNITIES FOR A CLEANER COAST"
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THE INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP DAY IS OBSERVED GLOBALLY ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF SEPTEMBER SINCE 1986 WITH AN AIM TO INDUCE AWARENESS ABOUT REDUCING THE MARINE LITTER, MINIMAL USE OF PLASTICS, SEGREGATION AT SOURCE AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ALONG COASTAL AREAS.
INDIAN COAST GUARD BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF MARITIME ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MARINE POLLUTION, ORGANISES INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP EACH YEAR WITH PARTICIPANTIONAND VOLUNTEERS FROM GOVERNMENT, CIVIL AGENCIES AND NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION. LOCAL POPULACE AND CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL/ COLLEGES.
THIS YEAR COAST GUARD DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS NO.7 (ODISHA) CONDUCTED THE BEACH CLEANSHIP DRIVES AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS FOR PROTECTION OF MARINE LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT AT PARADIP, PURI AND BATESHWAR BEACH ON 16 SEP 23.
COAST GUARD AIR ENCLAVE BHUBANESWAR LEAD THE EVENT IN CO-ORDINATION WITH LOCAL VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER ORGANISATION. AT PURI BEACH. INDIAN COAST GUARD STATION GOPLAPUR ALSO HAD ORGANISED ICC-23 AT BATESHWAR BEACH IN COORDINATION WITH TATA STEEL FOUNDATION AND GOPALPUR PORT. LT GEN UV TALUR, VSM, COMMANDANT AAD COLLEGE GRACED THE OCCASION AS CHIEF GUEST AND ENLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF BEACH CLEANING.
MORE THAN 1150 ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTEERS CONSISTING OF COAST GUARD PERSONNEL &THEIR FAMILIES, STUDENTS FROM EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES, NSS, NCC CADETS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THIS COASTAL CLEANUP ACTIVITY. MORE THAN 698 KGS (APPROX) OF LITTER INCLUDING PLASTIC WASTE WAS COLLECTED TO SPREAD AWARENESS AMONGST PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF "CLEAN COAST, SAFE SEA" AND "SWACHH SAGAR, SURAKSHIT SAGAR".
