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| Sunday, 17 February 2002 |
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Bid to arrest sea erosion by Elmo Leonard International tenders have been called for a project to stop sea erosion on a 62-mile coastal stretch from Marawila to Kalutara. The project is expected to cost around $30 million. The Asian Development Bank will fund 56 per cent of the project and the Government of Sri Lanka, the balance 44 per cent. The scheme will begin this year and is expected to be completed by December 2004, Lalith Hettiarachchi, Director of the Fisheries Ministry's Coastal Resources Management Project said. The project will entail the construction of structures like rivertments, groynes, and filling the beaches with dredged offshore sand. The main reason for sea erosion, which is threatening the Western Coast, is the lack of sand flowing through the rivers into the coast. The rivers are being over-mined for sand, Hettiarachchi said. Coral mining and tidal currents also cause sea erosion. Meanwhile, a project to construct a 1.5-kilometre rock-wall from Wennappuwa to Marawila is under way. This scheme which will cost $1.1 million will use 40,000 cubes of boulders. |
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