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An island-wide beach clean-up project, organized by the Sri Lanka Army as one of its core Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects in close coordination with the Marine Environmental Protection Authority (MEPA) that relates to the National Coastal and Marine Resources Conservation programme worked off Sunday morning (29) with more than 2300 troops joining hands together with volunteers and state employees round the country.The Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, the architect of the project along with his two daughters, several Senior Officers and Other Ranks was at the Crows Island (Kaaka Dupatha) beach in Muttuwal, Modera to flag off the mega project, covering the coastal belt around the country.
