Shoreline Change Atlas of Indian Coast:

• Based on the Decision taken in the 11th CPDAC Meeting held at Chennai during 4-5th January 2010, the  preparation of Shoreline Change Atlas of Indian Coast was initiated by Space Application Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad in collaboration with Central Water Commission.
• In the 14th CPDAC Meeting held at Goa during 27-28th February 2014, the publication of the prepared Shoreline Change was accepted by the committee.
• Further, the Shoreline Change Atlas was published in the Brain-Storming Workshop on "Implementation of Coastal Management Information System" held at CWC, New Delhi on 13/05/2014.
• SAC Ahmedabad has been requested to update the shoreline change data for 2012-13 time frame.

Highlights of the Shoreline Change Atlas:

• The Atlas comprises of shoreline change maps prepared using satellite data of 1989-91 and 2004-06 time-frame on 1:25,000 scale for the entire country.
• The maps show eroding, stable and accreting coast along with the status of coastal protection measures taken up by maritime States/UTs.
• The Atlas shows that around 45.5% of the total coastline is under erosion, around 35.7% of coastline is under accretion and rest (18.79%) is under stable category.
• It also shows that the Indian Coast has lost a net area of about 73 sq. km during 1989-91 and 2004-06 timeframe.
• For summarised state-wise details of the coastal erosion/accretion and changes in area,