India, Feb. 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
1990-2022
Districts
Coast Length
Erosion
Stable
Accretion
Low
medium
High
km
%
km
%
km
%
Valsad
62.78
30.88
3.24
2.5
36.62
58.3
16.12
25.7
10.04
16.0
Navsari
40.88
16.18
4.6
3.86
24.64
60.3
6.66
16.3
9.58
23.4
National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) an attached office under Ministry of Earth Sciences, has carried out an updated assessment of shoreline changes along the coastal districts of Valsad and Navsari of Gujarat coast using remote-sensing datasets for the period 1990-2022. The results indicate that about 58% (36.62 km) of the Valsad coastline experienced erosion of varying intensity, including 2.5 km under high erosion, 3.24 km u...