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TRINCOMALEE BAY SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA Page | 54 8. Sand mining and gravel mining 235. Poor law enforcement and lack of institutional coordination have paved the way for illegal mining activities. Hence DSAM CCC should identify alternative sites for sand and gravel mining and advise respective agencies to issue permits accordingly. All other illegal mining activities should be stopped once the procedure is streamlined. The issue of gravel mining is related to road construction and is largely a temporary issue. 236. Sand mining has been reported from the shoreline, inland and in seasonal water streams in the SAMP area. Large scale river sand mining also takes place in Katkadkullam area while sea sand mining has reported from Sambaltivu and Kappathurai areas. Interior sand mining has taken place in Athimoddai, Welgamvihara and Periya Kulam of Town and Gravets DS divisions. Sand mining is also reported from Jinna Nagar of Kinniya DSD and Poonchcholai of Muthur DSD. Sand removal in forests under the Forest Department is regularised but not in other areas. Hence DSAM CCC should look into alternative sand sources whilst controlling the sand mining in beach areas along the bay. 237. The Interim SMA Plan has identified gravel mining in Varodhaya Nagar, Palaiyuttu, Mihindupura and Selva Nagar of Town & Gravets DSD. Gravel is widely used for rural road construction and land filling. Gravel mining in highland areas close to the China bay to Kinniya road needs to be stopped because mining removes vegetation cover and increases soil erosion with the eroded soil carried to Thampalagamam bay. The Interim SMA Plan has identified the following negative impacts in areas where gravel mining is taking place. a. Removal of vegetation on hillocks which reduces scenic beauty; b. Heavy soil erosion resulting in silt deposition on coral reef and sea grass beds; c. Emission of dust which may cause respiratory problems and loss of scenic beauty. 9. Improper solid waste disposal 238. Improper disposal of solid waste is a problem for Trincomalee Urban Council (UC), Kinniya and Muthur Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) of the SAMP area as is the case for many other local government agencies in the country. Both Trincomalee UC and Kinniya PS are facing difficulties in finding suitable solid waste disposal sites because of the lack of suitable lands. The UC waste disposal site at Kinniya does not follow sanitary land fill techniques and has a negative environmental impact. 239. Discussions with stakeholders revealed that solid waste is being used to fill mangrove and other low lying areas adjoining the bay. It is necessary to stop this practice because such dumping destroys coastal habitat and pollutes the water of the bay. 240. The Interim SMA Plan identified improper solid waste collection and disposal as a key issue and suggested remedial action. It is necessary to have a holistic approach to the solid waste management issue and a key component of this approach includes the 3R process (Reduce, Re-use and Recycle). Composting, systematic disposal of hazardous waste, sanitary land filling, specified processing systems for waste, support for effective waste management from the general public and agencies, a responsible authority to implement the system and proper monitoring and coordinating mechanisms are all elements of this approach. The Interim SMA Plan has suggested most of these elements to develop environment friendly solid waste management systems.
TRINCOMALEE BAY SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA Page | 55 10. Pollution of environment from agro chemicals, solid waste disposal and sewage 241. Coastal water bodies are currently polluted through excessive use of agro chemicals by farmers, siltation due to agricultural and non agricultural soil erosion and leaching of polluting chemicals from solid waste dumping. Once solid waste management is streamlined, as explained above, the significant remaining contributors to pollution are the agriculture sector and urban sewage. 242. The Department of Agriculture is implementing an intensive home garden development program in the SAM planning area based on organic farming. This program should reduce the soil erosion from poor agricultural practices and also minimise the excessive use of agro chemicals. Discussions with Assistant Director-Kantalai revealed that Department of Agriculture is implementing an awareness program to apply fertilizer in the right quantity at the right time. Application of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertilizer as top dressing for paddy instead of basal application is an issue and department is taking proper action on this. 11. Salt water intrusion to paddy fields 243. This is an issue in paddy cultivation around the north western section of Thampalagamam bay but only to a limited extent. NECCDEP has constructed salt water intrusion prevention bunds in this area. However, salt water intrusion is not recorded as an issue from other parts of the buffer zone. There may be few inundations in the Ralkuli estuary but this is a temporary issue. 12. Coastal or Sea erosion 244. Coastal erosion is becoming an important issue for management of shorelines and lagoon ecosystems. Coastal erosion is severe in Kadatkaraichchenai, Salli and Kinniya areas. Field visits revealed that sea erosion is a severe issue along A-15 road from Kinniya to Mahaweli River estuary. A-15 road has realigned at least 5 times during the past due to sea erosion. Figure V.2 shows the severe sea erosion between Kinniya and Upparu estuary. As a precaution, sections of the A-15 road have been shifted to inland areas under the A-15 road rehabilitation program. It is essential to look into this issue. Discussions with RDA revealed that they are aware of the issue and take precautionary actions in the road construction process. The tsunami damaged the natural and man-made barriers and there are no interventions to control the erosion at present. Figure V.2: Severely eroded A-15 road in Kinniya
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