Efforts to clean affected beach from MV X-PRESS PEARL fire

The Navy, along with other stakeholders, is continuing the beach cleaning efforts, which began on 26^th May 2021, to remove debris from the coastal areas affected by the MV X-PRESS PEARL fire.

The beach areas of Uswetakeiyawa, Elenegoda, Sarakkuwa and Kepungoda laying within the 9 km affected coastline from Uswetakeiyawa to Kepungoda, were heavily polluted by ship-debris. The beach cleaning efforts carried out by the Navy in aforesaid coastal areas has made way to handover morethan 1500 tons of debris from fire-hit ship to the Marine Environment Protection Authority as of now (17^th June 2021).

The photo story depicts the condition of the heavily polluted beach area from Sarakkuwa to Kepungoda, separating from 27^th May to 16^th June 2021, and it clearly reflects how the Navy’s beach cleaning effort producing desired results.