Tag: Coastal

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today interacted with 46 Deputy Commissioners/District Magistrates from 9 Coastal States, reviewed the ongoing countrywide 75-day Coastal CleanUp campaign and asked them to assist in this mass campaign, which has been initiated by the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences and involves all the concerned Central Ministries, State Governments as well as civil society organisations. The Minister said, the District Collectors can create a sustainable campaign and ... Read more

Some parts of the 1600 kilometre coastline, i.e. in the coastal parts of Mongrol – Chorwad of Saurashtra region of Gujarat, have been studied by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). Ingress of salinity has been observed in groundwater during the said study. The presence of salinity in ground water along coastal Gujarat may be due to various reasons viz. prevailing hydro-geological settings, presence of physiographic depression in the coastal areas, inundation of sea water in low lying areas due to tidal fluctuation etc. As per available information, the details of various coastal parts ... Read more

Charleston SC based merchant services provider announced today that they are running at full throttle after the massive business slowdown in the Low Country caused by the Covid Pandemic. Company Vice President, Mr. Hardik Panchal stated, “I’m extremely pleased to announce that the company was seeing a major increase in the credit card processing volume of our existing merchants and hopefully the beginning of a surge in the number of new businesses, starting in Charleston SC and surrounding areas of the Low Country.” The company had seen the worst times last summer and thinks they are on a sound footing ... Read more