The tranquil stretches of emerald green backwaters in Mumbai and Kerala are among several locales in the western and eastern coasts facing threat from the rising sea level due to climate change.

According to a Government report, deltas of the Ganga, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery and Mahanadi on the east coast may also be threatened along with irrigated land and adjoining settlements.

The report submitted to the UN, was prepared by multi-disciplinary teams and other stakeholders comprising more than 220 scientists belonging to over 120 institutions.

The experts who prepared the report visited some vulnerable areas, including the 2004 tsunami-hit Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, backwaters surrounding Kochi in Kerala and Paradip in Odisha, in order to make a detailed impact study of the rise in sea level.

Assam government will soon start a project to reclaim parts of the land eroded by river. The low -cost project will be implemented at Sualkuchi area in Kamrup district as pilot basis with the support of Asian Development Bank. The Chief Minister Mr. Tarun Gogoi revealed this in Guwahati yesterday.

Assam will be the first state to initiate a project to reclaim eroded land. The state has 44 erosion prone rivers in Brahmaputra valley. Assam lost an area of 4 lakh bighas of land in the last 40 years due to erosion. 

Under the new project, low cost zack zetty will be used instead of the traditional porcupines which are more expensive to control flood and erosion. The technology will also be employed to channelize the river Brahmaputra. 

Assam government is also likely to send three teams for exposure visit to Bangladesh to learn about the new technology in controlling flood and erosion. 

Apart from it, Assam government will set up a River Research Centre in Guwahati for further research on the river Brahmaputra.