{"id":28984,"date":"2018-10-24T16:07:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T10:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28984"},"modified":"2018-10-24T16:07:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T10:37:21","slug":"odhisa-beach-is-asias-first-to-get-blue-flag-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/odhisa-beach-is-asias-first-to-get-blue-flag-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Odhisa beach is Asia\u2019s first to get \u2018Blue Flag\u2019 tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Odhisa beach is Asia\u2019s first to get \u2018Blue Flag\u2019 tag<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Chandrabhaga beach on the Konark coast of Odhisa is set to become Asia\u2019s first beach with a \u2018Blue Flag\u2019 Certification<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important Facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>2. About Blue Flag Tag:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blue Flag tag is given to environmental- friendly, clean beaches which are equipped with amenities of international standards for tourists<\/li>\n<li>There are 33 environment and tourism-related conditions for Blue Flag Certification- Few of them include:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Plastic-free,<\/li>\n<li>Waste management,<\/li>\n<li>Availability of clean water for tourists<\/li>\n<li>Beach should have facilities to study the environmental impact around the area<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>These standards were established in 1985 by Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), Copenhagen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><u>Blue Flag Tag in India<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Environment Ministry started the Blue Flag project in 2017<\/li>\n<li>In accordance with Blue Flag standards, 12 more beaches are being developed by Society for Integrated Coastal Management (SICOM). These include:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Chiwala, Bhogawe in Maharashtra<\/li>\n<li>One beach each from Goa, Daman and Diu, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman and the Nicobar Islands<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>SICOM is a body under Environment Ministry working for coastal area management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odhisa beach is Asia\u2019s first to get \u2018Blue Flag\u2019 tag News: The Chandrabhaga beach on the Konark coast of Odhisa is set to become Asia\u2019s first beach with a \u2018Blue Flag\u2019 Certification Important Facts: 2. About Blue Flag Tag: Blue Flag tag is given to environmental- friendly, clean beaches which are equipped with amenities of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/odhisa-beach-is-asias-first-to-get-blue-flag-tag\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Odhisa beach is Asia\u2019s first to get \u2018Blue Flag\u2019 tag<\/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-28984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704888820},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28984","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=28984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}