In what can be called an important initiative, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), Fisheries Survey of India, UNDP -Mangrove Cell, and NGO Vanashakti removed 300 kg of marine debris from a 150 MTR radius near Sindhudurg Fort coral reefs.

Director of NGO Vanashakti, Stalin D said, "Around 300 kg of marine debris was removed from a 150 MTR radius near Sindhudurg fort coral reefs. Scuba divers from Malwan came forward in full support as their livelihood was getting impacted. Tourists were getting to see dirty sections of corals littered with ghost nets and non-degradable trash. Now the section looks clean. Vanashakti will continue this project to ensure the entire marine floor on the Malwan shore is clean. This project is titled Clean Shores."