‘NIOT will take up restoration of coast on northern side of U.T.’
The Hindu
Union Minister Jitendra Singh interacts with stakeholders over beach restoration project
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh on Monday said the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) will take up the work on restoring the coast on the northern side of Puducherry in due course.
Interacting virtually from the Ministry of Earth Sciences office in New Delhi with scientists of NIOT, stakeholders and representatives of PondyCan, a non-profit organisation, over the beach restoration project as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, Mr. Singh said NIOT was already seized of restoring the rest of the coast and this will happen in due course. If restoration of the Puducherry coast could be done, the rest could also be done.
Mr. Singh said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken special interest in all these scientific endeavours including coastal issues. Efforts for restoring Puducherry’s lost beach began in 2009 and the task was accomplished in 2021. This itself showed the importance the government gave to the project, he added.
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