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NARA loses research data by Shanika Sriyananda The entire research wealth of the National Aquatic Resources Agency (NARA), with twenty-five years old invaluable research data on aquatic resources has been washed away with the tidal waves that made the country a burial ground for over 30,000 people on last Monday morning. The rough estimation shows that NARA needs approximately Rs. 400 million to re-build the Agency, which owns only two empty buildings with no electricity and communication facilities and water today. "Even though it is re-constructed it can not boast of its rare aquatic resources which have been collected for the last 25 years", Anil Premaratne, Director Planning told the 'Sunday Observer'. Future predictions on wave movements will become standstill due to the serious damage to the NARA research vessel worth Rs. 85 million. Research on sea bed mining, mineral resources in the sea bed, re-demarcation of exclusive aquatic zones, survey on sea depth, various fish stock assessments and hydrographic surveys will be stopped due to the destruction. "It is completely damaged after the Tsunami catastrophe and no vessel can be seen now", he added. The quarter century old NARA Museum in the Crow Island Colombo 15 with very rare endangered aquatic fish species and other priceless fauna specimens collected for years have been washed away with the tidal waves. |
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