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175i) Beach cleaningii) Pay & use toilets along with changing rooms with shower facilitiesiii) Pay and use toilets without shower facilitiesiv) Removal of unauthorised shops/structures closest to the beach area andintroducing rehabilitation scheme for such shop-owners.i. Beach Cleaning188. Sea beach cleaning involves the removal of materials left by the tides on Dighashorelines. Stranded seaweed provides an important food source for beach food chain andshould be left in place where possible. Human debris can pose a hazard to humans andanimals, and should be removed. The use of machanised beach cleaning equipment maycause serious disturbances to the bio-diversity in sea beach and shorelines. Though seaturtles are not found in Digha sea beach, but plenty of crabs could be seen along the beach.189. Digha sea beach is approximately 5000 metre length. Around 2300 metres of the seabeach is packed with concrete block and boulders. This stretch of the beach covers OldDigha fully and New Digha partly. The beach cleaning operation in this stretch needs to becarried out manually. It will be difficult to operate mechanical cleaners along this specifiedstretch. The remaining approximately 2700 metre stretch of sea beach is concrete free andboulder free. The sea beach varies between 40 metres and 50 metres during non-tidal period.190. The Digha sea beach is not presently cleaned regularly. Tourists pollute the sea beachby throwing solid waste indiscriminately. This includes good quantum of plastic materials.The plastic materials (especially tea cups) go into sea during tide. The plastic cups could beseen inside the sea when these get arrested in the fishing nets. A few stalls, mainly selling teaand snacks, could be seen in the sea beach.191. The beach cleaning operation will be carried out as suggested below: Litter bins will be installed at places where crowding occurs by the tourists (50 nos.@ 100 meters interval); Manual cleaning by hand picking and sweeping is recommended in sea beachcovered with concrete steps and boulders (5 nos. of sweepers); Manual cleaning by hand picking and sweeping is also recommended in the seabeach in rest of the stretches (5 nos. of sweepers); Hand operated mechanical beach cleaner (1 no.) is recommended for the use; Motorised vehicle for cleaning of sea beach through hand picking (1 no.).ii. Pay & Use Toilet along with Shower Facilities