{"id":124582,"date":"2021-08-09T19:35:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T14:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=124582"},"modified":"2021-08-09T19:35:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T14:05:24","slug":"cyclone-ravaged-sunderbans-is-now-drowning-in-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cyclone-ravaged-sunderbans-is-now-drowning-in-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclone-ravaged Sunderbans is now drowning in plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/cyclone-ravaged-sunderbans-is-now-drowning-in-plastic\/article35788659.ece\"><b>The Hindu<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><b>Synopsis<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unregulated inflow of relief materials in the Sunderbans region has resulted in a new crisis in the cyclone battered region: Plastic Waste<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Background<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunderbans has been battered by many cyclones over the years, with <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/very-severe-cyclone-yaas-hits-the-coastal-areas-of-odisha-and-west-bengal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyclone Yaas<\/a> being the latest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To support the affected people, <\/span><b>packaged relief material<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been flowing into the Sunderbans.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unregulated inflow of relief materials has resulted in the <\/span><b>accumulation of plastic waste in the Sunderbans.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>What are the concerns raised by the NGOs? <\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plastics in the Sunderbans would have both short term and long term ecological impacts.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presence of plastic in saline water increases the <strong>toxicity of water<\/strong> and could also contribute to the <strong>eutrophication<\/strong> of water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The breakdown of plastics in the water will lead to an increase in <strong>microplastics,<\/strong> which would subsequently enter the food system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given that Sunderbans is connected to the sea, the increase of plastic in the region could lead to <strong>plastic waste entering the ocean.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunderbans is largely <strong>dependent on fisheries and aquaculture<\/strong> and any change in the delicate ecosystem can spell doom not only for the ecology but also for livelihoods.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the<strong> Indian Sunderbans, a <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/united-nations-organisations-in-news-prelims-capsules-2021\/#UNESCO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/a>,<\/strong> is home to about 2,626 faunas, including Royal Bengal Tigers, Gangetic Dolphins, saltwater crocodiles, and threatened species of freshwater turtles. Hence, an increase in plastic waste <strong>may pose a threat to the unique biodiversity of the region.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>Steps to be taken:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Tight vigil<\/strong> on the entrances to the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve and the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NGOs and locals<\/strong> should be encouraged to collect plastic waste, which should also be recycled.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Organize cleanliness drives<\/strong> to remove plastic from the Sunderbans.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The Hindu Synopsis The unregulated inflow of relief materials in the Sunderbans region has resulted in a new crisis in the cyclone battered region: Plastic Waste. Background: Sunderbans has been battered by many cyclones over the years, with Cyclone Yaas being the latest. To support the affected people, packaged relief material has been flowing&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cyclone-ravaged-sunderbans-is-now-drowning-in-plastic\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cyclone-ravaged Sunderbans is now drowning in plastic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216],"class_list":["post-124582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704924853},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}