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Volume 9

Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change

Climate Change Conference 2018

October 15-16, 2018

October 15-16, 2018 Dubai, UAE

International Conference on

Climate Change and Medical Entomology

Evanescing beauty and viability of coastal beaches of Colombo district

Sivakumaran Sivaramanan

and SarathKotagama

Central Environmental Authority, Sri Lanka

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

ri Lanka has been ranked at the 5

place in the list of world’s most sea waste producing Countries. Sea waste comprises the

slow decaying or accumulated manmade products at the seashore and deep-sea waters. It has been observed that sources

of the waste depend on the type of coastal location of the beach. According to weekly beach survey conducted for two months

and data analysis done by Clean Coast Index (CCI) method, some beaches in the Colombo district are rarely visited by public

and they are at the backyard of rural population and become the dumping sites for them (domestic dumping sites) such as

Moratuwa and Ratmalana. Beaches in Wellawatte, Dehiwala, Bambalapitiya and Kollupitiya hold wastes from mixed sources

such as domestic dumping, wastes from commercial activities such as hotels, from running trains and from beach visitors and

beaches in Mt. Lavania, Galleface and Mattakuliya hold similar kind of wastes that are mostly from beach visitors including

tourists. Furthermore, wastes from fishing related activities are abundant in Dehiwala, they are nylon fishing nets, ropes and

polystyrene floats. In addition, PET bottle usage by the fisherman also significantly high. In urban areas such as Kollupitiya,

Bamblapitiya, Wellawatte and Dehiwala most of the wastes are carried by the drainage canals. Mechanized beach grooming is

not possible in most of the locations due to the presence of Southern railway track and stone fences thus source level mitigation

plans have to be implemented such as penalties and banning of certain types of plastics.

Biography

Sivakumaran Sivaramanan is currently working as an Environmental Officer since 2014 in Central Environmental Authority, Sri Lanka.

Sivakumaran Sivaramanan

., J Earth Sci Clim Change 2018, Volume 9

DOI: 10.4172/2157-7617-C4-048