The Sri Lanka Navy demonstrated its commitment to maritime safety and assisted to bring ashore an injured fisherman and rushed him for urgent medical attention on 28 May 26. The fisherman was aboard a local multiday fishing trawler off the south coast and the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Colombo coordinated the retrieval of the fisherman.

In line with the national initiative ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ and under the theme ‘Beautiful Coastline – An Attractive Tourist Destination,’ the Sri Lanka Navy played a role in a large-scale beach clean-up campaign conducted across the Jaffna Peninsula on 23 May 26.