{"id":28673,"date":"2018-10-24T14:17:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28673"},"modified":"2018-10-24T14:17:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:47:48","slug":"proposed-water-aerodrome-in-chilika-lake-likely-to-face-green-hurdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/proposed-water-aerodrome-in-chilika-lake-likely-to-face-green-hurdle\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed water aerodrome in Chilika Lake likely to face green hurdle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/proposed-water-aerodrome-in-chilika-lake-likely-to-face-green-hurdle\/article24248129.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proposed water aerodrome in Chilika Lake likely to face green hurdle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Airports Authority of India has proposed to set up a water aerodrome in Chilka Lake for starting amphibious aircraft operations in Odisha.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Chilika Lake:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chilika lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread \u00a0over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam district of Odisha at the mouth of Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest coastal lagoon in the world after \u00a0The New Caledonian barrier reef in New Caledonia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian Sub-Continent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lake is home to a number of threatened species of plants and animals.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Important facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. The pre-feasibility study has already been completed for the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. From the last six months, Chilka lake turns into a temporary habitat for lakh of migratory and residential birds<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. The Chilka Development Authority, the apex regulatory authority for Chika lake, will submit its opinion about the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. However, the project will face green hurdles because of the following reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a) If an aircraft flies at low height, there is every chance of the birds getting hit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b) The bird population will be in danger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c) The safety of passengers of amphibious aircraft will also be jeopardize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d) Noise pollution generated by close to 10,000 boats has already taken a toll on the endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in the lake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e) Around 155 endangered Irrawaddy dolphins were spotted in Chilka, which is the single largest habitat of this species in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. The Odisha government has decided to regulate boat operation in the lake following the death of six passengers in recent boat tragedy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. This incidence has made life jacket mandatory for tourists and GPS on the boats.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposed water aerodrome in Chilika Lake likely to face green hurdle News: The Airports Authority of India has proposed to set up a water aerodrome in Chilka Lake for starting amphibious aircraft operations in Odisha. Chilika Lake: Chilika lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread \u00a0over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam district of Odisha at&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/proposed-water-aerodrome-in-chilika-lake-likely-to-face-green-hurdle\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Proposed water aerodrome in Chilika Lake likely to face green hurdle<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28673","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}