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Government of India
Ministry of Earth Sciences
08 DEC 2022 2:35PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh says, the real-time information on coastal water quality is collected by National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) and Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) and the same is shared with the respective State Pollution Control Boards

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, M/o Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that The real-time information on coastal water quality is collected by National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) and Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) by deploying water quality buoys in the coastal waters of off-Chennai Kochi and off-Puducherry. The data is shared with the respective State Pollution Control Boards.

In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has instructed all the coastal State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) and the Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) of the Union Territories to take the assistance of NCCR for developing an action plan for prevention of coastal pollution. He said that NCCR has taken up several initiatives to augment the scientific and research capabilities. NCCR is establishing the state of art water quality laboratory at Visakhapatnam. Along with the traditional methods of identification and analysis of biological samples, advanced techniques like use of molecular tools are being employed. NCCR is collaborating with leading oceanographic institutes of the world.

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