Plan to get Blue Flag certification for Tannirbavi and Idya beaches

Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada K.V. Rajendra has said that the district administration has sent a proposal to the government to develop Tannirbavi and Idya beaches to get the coveted eco-labe

Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada K.V. Rajendra has said that the district administration has sent a proposal to the government to develop Tannirbavi and Idya beaches to get the coveted eco-label (certification) Blue Flag from the international agency Foundation for Environment Education, Denmark.

Speaking at a meet-the-press organised by the Dakshina Kannada Union of Working Journalists at the Patrika Bhavan here, Dr. Rajendra said that a 1-km stretch of each of the two beaches will be developed to get the certification.

According to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, a Blue Flag beach is an eco-tourism model to provide tourists clean and hygienic bathing water, facilities/amenities, safe and healthy environment and sustainable development of the area. The certification is awarded by the Denmark-based agency based on 33 stringent criteria in four major heads — environmental education and information, bathing water quality, environment management and conservation, and safety and services on the beaches.