Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- The Northern Province programme of the Clean Sri Lanka Coastal Leisure Park Development Project was launched on Tuesday (19).

With the aim of creating a beautiful and clean coastline, enhancing local and foreign tourist attractions and improving recreational facilities, around 43 coastal locations across 14 coastal districts will be developed into small coastal leisure parks under the Clean Sri Lanka initiative. These developments will include small parks, scenic viewing decks and walking paths.

Accordingly, under an allocation of Rs. 2.6 million, development work commenced yesterday on the Pungudutivu Velanai coastal park in the Jaffna District, in parallel with the "To Jaffna with Love" programme.

A 100-meter-lo...