INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP DAY - 2024

1. Introduction.  Towards ongoing effort of Government for the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” in line with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s appeal for mass cleanliness and sanitation campaign, through “Swachhata Hi Seva”, ICG conducted ICC-2024 in all Coastal States/ Union Territories on 21 Sep 24. The International Coastal Cleanup day is conducted in various parts of the world on third Saturday of September every year under the aegis of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) in the South Asian Region. The Indian Coast Guard has been coordinating this activity in India since 2006.

2. Participation.  Indian Coast Guard, as a part of International Coastal Cleanup Day conducted focused activities contributing towards ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’. The event was conducted with an aim to educate and to motivate the local populace for maintaining the sea shores neat and clean and to avoid further pollution of marine environment. This year, Coast Guard Regional Headquarters (West) has witnessed the highest participation of 14,155 volunteers followed by Coast Guard Regional Headquarters (East) with 7,492 volunteers. Nationwide, 27,563 volunteers participated in the ICC-2024 campaign.

3. Litter Collection.   The campaign resulted in the collection of The campaign resulted in the collection of 41,833 kgs (approx) of Marine litter and 19,415 kgs of Plastic litter. Marine litter collection was highest in Western Region with approx 22,220 kgs of litter collected.

4. Civil support.  Apart from Ministries and other Armed Forces, ICC - 2024 received overwhelming support from various civil authorities, Municipal Corporations, NGO, fisheries associations, School students, College students, NCC/ NSS cadets, Marine Police and volunteers from Oil Handling Agencies (OHAs).

5. The Region wise participation and debris collection data is tabulated below:-

North West Region	North West Region
Andaman & Nicobar Region	Andaman & Nicobar Region

Eastern Region	Eastern Region
Western Region	Western Region
North East Region	North East Region