Blue Flag awarded for eight Indian Beaches, while many having undeclared Red Flags

The highlight of the week is India got the Blue Flag certification for its clean, safe, and environment-friendly beaches. The Blue Flag is an international eco-level tag which is one of the world’s most recognized awards and India becomes the first and only country to get eight Blue Flag certified beaches in the very first attempt.

This award is of much importance because India has prevented these beaches from pollution while many other beaches and places are in such a bad condition because of pollution caused by plastic. India is a densely populated country with more than 130 crore people, thus there is a lot of human movement across the beaches, because of a lack of awareness and insensitivity with respect to the environment. Many people carry plastic bags and bottles with them and throw them in the seawater, with the waves of water, this plastic makes the beaches dirty and causes pollution.

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The examples of the dirty beaches in India are also there, the Calangute Beach of Goa can be an example of “how the excess of human movement can affect the environment in a bad way.”  Goa is a big tourist spot in India, it is famous for its golden sandy beaches, thus it attracts tourist which adversely affects the environment.

Girgaum Chowpatty of Mumbai is also one of the dirtiest beaches of India. A very positive change was observed during the COVID-19 lockdown in India that the cities were cleaner than ever and the dolphins were spotted on the beach sides of Mumbai. The pollution level was extremely low and the beaches were becoming cleaner.

India is a great country with great geographical conditions with the Himalayas in the North, desert in the west, and ocean in the peninsular part. India’s peninsular part has many beaches on both the eastern and western coasts. Indian beaches can attract tourists from all over the world but we just need some more Blue Flags.