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Rising sea, shrinking sands erode vibrancy of Ganga Sagar Mela

  • January 15, 2024
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Rising sea, shrinking sands erode vibrancy of Ganga Sagar Mela

Subject: Geography

Section: Places in news

Context:

  • The Ganga Sagar Mela at the Kapil Muni temple on Sagar Island in West Bengal is facing challenges due to rising sea levels and beach erosion.

Details:

  • The West Bengal government is seeking “national fair” status for the religious congregation due to its uniqueness and spiritual significance.
  • The beach in front of the temple is covered with mud.
  • The government has installed tetrapods, a type of wave-dissipating concrete block, to address erosion, and their effectiveness will be assessed after the monsoon.
  • There is the formation of a char land near Sagar Island due to sediment deposition.
  • Rising sea levels are bringing water close to the Kapil Muni temple, and previous temples of Kapil Muni have submerged in the sea.
  • Reason for coastal erosion:
    • Human interventions, including the removal of sand dunes and vegetation for Mela ground extension
    • Violations of Coastal Regulation Zone in constructions on Sagar Island
    • The impact of reduced sediment influx from the Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra river system, leading to land loss in the Sundarbans.

Sagar Island:

  • It is an island in the Ganges delta, lying on the continental shelf of Bay of Bengal about 100 km (54 nautical miles) south of Kolkata.
  • Although Sagar Island is a part of Sundarbans, it does not have any tiger habitation or mangrove forests or small river tributaries as is characteristic of the overall Sundarban delta.
  • This island is a place of Hindu pilgrimage. Every year on the day of Makar Sankranti, Hindus gather to take a holy dip at the confluence of river Ganges and Bay of Bengal and offer prayers in the Kapil Muni Temple.
  • Kolkata Port Trust has a pilot station and a light house.

Islands of Sundarbans

Source: TH

Ganga Sagar Mela Geography

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