<p>Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha that the rise in sea level by 1.29 millimetre every year along the Indian coastline has not caused any major erosion.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He said the Ministry of Environment and Forests was conducting a study on the impact of the rising sea levels. When asked about Gujarat coast, Deshmukh said that as part of long-term monitoring of sea level, the Survey of India has established four tide gauges (Okha, Veraval, Porbander and Kandla) for continuous measurements of sea level along the state’s coast.<br /><br />He said all these gauge stations were transmitting data in real time to the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad.<br /><br />Replying to another question on SMS and Integrated Voice Response System (IVRS) services for farmers, the Minister said the Agro-meteorological Advisory Service (AAS) of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has been successful in providing the crop specific advisories to the farmers at district level.<br /><br />At present, the AAS products are disseminated through SMS and IVRS to 2.74 million farmers in the country through public-private partnership mode.</p>
<p>Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Monday informed the Rajya Sabha that the rise in sea level by 1.29 millimetre every year along the Indian coastline has not caused any major erosion.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He said the Ministry of Environment and Forests was conducting a study on the impact of the rising sea levels. When asked about Gujarat coast, Deshmukh said that as part of long-term monitoring of sea level, the Survey of India has established four tide gauges (Okha, Veraval, Porbander and Kandla) for continuous measurements of sea level along the state’s coast.<br /><br />He said all these gauge stations were transmitting data in real time to the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad.<br /><br />Replying to another question on SMS and Integrated Voice Response System (IVRS) services for farmers, the Minister said the Agro-meteorological Advisory Service (AAS) of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has been successful in providing the crop specific advisories to the farmers at district level.<br /><br />At present, the AAS products are disseminated through SMS and IVRS to 2.74 million farmers in the country through public-private partnership mode.</p>
