The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has “adopted” a stretch of the Kalutara beach to ensure its maintenance in pristine condition free of waste and pollutants via a partnership with Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL).
As a corporate partner of BSL’s ‘Life to Our Beaches’ initiative, the bank will fund the clean-up and continuing upkeep by a beach caretaker family, of a 500-metre stretch within the Kalutara Beach Park area, in front of the Kalutara South Railway Station.
The program brings together the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA), the Department of Samurdhi Development (DoSD), Biodiversity Sri Lanka and corporate entities in a collective effort to clean up beaches and ensure the responsible disposal of collected waste. Commercial Bank’s support will cover monthly payments to the beach caretaker family identified from Samurdhi beneficiaries in the area. Biodiversity Sri Lanka is a national platform entirely owned and driven by companies from Sri Lanka’s private sector which have joined, and continue to support the cause of BSL, as its members.
