The Ministry of Environment and Forests has decided to assess the carrying capacity of India's coastline before allowing further development. According to Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment, "We have to make a cumulative environment impact assessment [EIA] as against that of individual projects to get the real picture. The high-erosion areas in Tamil Nadu, Orissa and Gujarat coasts were identified and no more projects will be allowed there. The satellite-mapping of the Andhra Pradesh coast will be completed soon." Read More