Port City Colombo
Port City Colombo is looking at investment opportunities through marine tourism with the growth of coral reefs along its 3.7 km-long artificial breakwater. Mr Piyal de Silva, the former Navy Commander, was the first to meet this coral reef, and he observed this while participating in diving training in 2019. He describes the experience as follows. “In 2019, I was conducting a training diving session with members of the Sri Lanka Navy in the area where the ship Asterica ran around near the Colombo Sea. However, we were still looking for the boat there. Therefore, we decided to shift to another place, and I selected the inner side of the port’s breakwater. The breakwater was created from a few raw materials: stone and a synthetic product called interlocking concrete. Surprisingly, I observed more coral reefs in both types of rocks. Also, I thought that this would continue to grow as a beautiful coral reef like other country reefs,” he added.Former navy commander Piyal de Silva explains that after investigating these corals, he informed the Managing Director of Port City and, with his support conducted research. He studied these corals two to three times per year. He saw corals distributed throughout the breakwater area of the port city premises. Also, he investigated some broken corals since he decided to start a conservation project.
| Languages spoken | English, Sinhala |
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| Currency used | USD, LKR |
| Country name | Sri Lanka |
