{"id":27391,"date":"2025-02-27T10:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T10:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=27391"},"modified":"2025-03-04T10:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T10:38:49","slug":"a-beach-cleaning-sandy-bay-to-coral-cove-beach-conducted-by-engineering-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=27391","title":{"rendered":"BEACH CLEANING (SANDY BAY TO CORAL COVE BEACH) CONDUCTED BY ENGINEERING SCHOOL"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27391\" class=\"elementor elementor-27391\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46fff9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46fff9e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb7bb6d\" data-id=\"cb7bb6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1951392 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1951392\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Continuing the Naval &amp; Maritime Academy\u2019s (NMA) commitment to environmental conservation, the Engineering School conducted a beach cleaning programme, from Sandy Bay to Coral Cove Beach, reinforcing the institution\u2019s ongoing dedication to maintaining a cleaner and healthier coastline under the Clean Sri Lanka initiative on 27 Feb 2025.<\/p><p>This initiative brought together officers, sailors, and trainees of the Engineering School, who actively participated in removing plastic waste, debris, and other pollutants that threaten the coastal ecosystem. The cleaning operation covered a significant stretch of the shoreline, ensuring proper segregation and disposal of waste to minimize environmental impact.<\/p><p>Beyond being a mere cleanup effort, this initiative served as an awareness campaign, highlighting the importance of responsible waste management and environmental conservation. By taking proactive steps to protect the marine environment, NMA continues to set an example in sustainable practises within the Sri Lanka Navy.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46c9bb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46c9bb2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-216080f\" data-id=\"216080f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-040eeac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"040eeac\" 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This initiative brought together officers, sailors, and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=27391\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BEACH CLEANING (SANDY BAY TO CORAL COVE BEACH) CONDUCTED BY ENGINEERING SCHOOL<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes"},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27391"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27414,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27391\/revisions\/27414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}