COLOMBO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka will launch a new plan for conservation and management of coastal resources, the Urban Development and Housing Ministry said on Wednesday.
The ministry said in a statement that the plan for the period between 2024 and 2029 was handed over to the ministry's Minister Prasanna Ranatunga on Wednesday.
The ministry said the Department of Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management has been assigned to work out the plan.
The current plan was worked out in 2018, according to the ministry.
Ranatunga said that the proper management of coastal resources will help economic revival. ■
