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Gulf of Kachc<br />

Table<br />

Year<br />

1897<br />

1909<br />

1925<br />

1944<br />

1954<br />

1960<br />

1973<br />

1973<br />

1975<br />

1987<br />

1989<br />

1996<br />

1998<br />

1999<br />

2000<br />

2001<br />

industries had t<br />

two refineries<br />

hh<br />

18 : Natural disasters recorded in the Gulf of Kachchh and nearby area<br />

Evenl Area of impacmt Impact<br />

Cyclone OffJafarabad, Veraval& GoK Severe damage to the mangroves<br />

Cyclone Surat-Jafarabad-Kandla Severe damage to fishing activity<br />

Cyclone Kandla-Okha Severe damage to local population<br />

Cyclone Kandla Severe damage to fishing activity<br />

Cyclone Vadinar Severe damage to local population<br />

Cyclone Dwarka-Mandwa Fishing hampered<br />

Drought Entirearea in vicinityof GoK Illegalcutting of mangroves for fodder.<br />

Cyclone Vadinar Fishing hampered<br />

Cyclone Okha Fishing hampered<br />

Drought Entirearea in vicinityof GoK Illegalcutting of mangroves for fodder.<br />

Cyclone Navlakhi-Vadinar Severe damage to fishing activity<br />

Cyclone Kandla Fishinghampered, mangroves destroyed<br />

Cyclone Kandla Damageto mangroves, inter-tidalfauna,<br />

coral reefs. Habitatdestruction for many<br />

marine animals as well as nesting grounds<br />

of birds.<br />

Cyclone Dwarka-Naliya Damageto mangroves, inter-tidalfauna,<br />

coral reefs. Habitatdestruction for many<br />

marine animals as well as nesting grounds<br />

of birds.<br />

Drought EntireGulfof Kachchh The livestock is suffered, migration in<br />

many localitiesdue to scarcity for fodder<br />

Earthquake Kachchhregion Subtidal reefs might have possibly damaged.<br />

Population in the vicinityof the Gulfis<br />

severely affected.<br />

o be cleared by MoEF of GO!. The During the observations in February 2000, several<br />

have to administer tertiary bits of pieces of drifting nylon nets got entangled<br />

wastewater and use that for with some of the observation gears. These are<br />

lopment. This restriction is not obviously discards of fishing vessels. Such drift<br />

other wastewater generation nets have often ensnared marine mammals<br />

ir consent applications need to sometimes choking them to death and hence are<br />

treatment to<br />

greenbelt deve<br />

applicable for<br />

sources as the<br />

clearance only 0f<br />

GPCH. banned by an International Convention of !MO. It<br />

The population<br />

the shore was<br />

establishment<br />

around the Gulf upto 20 km from<br />

1.'12 million in 1991. With the<br />

of the two refineries and other<br />

is apparent that stricter vigil against<br />

operation is required for the conservation<br />

marine mammals in the Gulf of Kachchh.<br />

such<br />

of<br />

ancillary industr ies, population along its southern As mentioned earlier, MNP & S in the Gulf of<br />

shores has gone up by an estimated 4% annum, Kaclrchh covers an area of 457.92 km'. Of this,<br />

which will lead to 2.18 million in 1999. The fate 398.40 km' have also been notified by GMB for<br />

and effects 0f<br />

the municipal wastewater harbor developments. Thus a huge 87% area of<br />

discharges to th e Gulf from all these sources could MNP & S is under overlapping dual control. GMB<br />

be anybody's gu ess. have never taken MNP authorities into confidence<br />

A considerable area along the coast has been<br />

denuded of mangrove vegetation for<br />

industrializatio n and urbanization. However, a<br />

replanting progr amme has been undertaken in<br />

some arEas by monospecies<br />

afforestation.<br />

in decision-making processes in port developments<br />

around the Gulf of Kachchh. Problems from ports<br />

and harbor developments combined with those<br />

from oil import activities will, certainly, not help to<br />

serve the exact . purpose of conservation,<br />

protection and regeneration of marine life in the<br />

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